IH but off the cub line

Now I know why my grandfather cussed at mags. This was in the 30's and early 40's. I always thought that he wouldn't spring for parts or it was the salt water. They were on his boats.

Bill

ok here's the info you were looking for.







and a couple of sources for the igniter coil. you can also use a 6 volt coil primary winding. battery source can be anything, but the rechargable cordless drill batteries seem to be popular, especially if you have an old charger stand that doesn't work to use as a connection point

Dad tells me that the basic problem is the loss of magnetism in the internal coil to get a good spark while starting. there is enough to keep them running once they have been started.

hope this helps

I couldn't get through . hit the X's and nothing. "Jack"

should be ok now...somebody on my network was hogging all the server time. if it doesn't, i'll fax it to you. art

Thanks alot" I'm starting to understand now, I thought that I could use another coil as you also sugested. I'm just wondering how the timming would be set then. If you have the oridginal mag I can see it working. But with out the mag, something has to hold the curnt untill the igniter brakes. Or am I all wet on this. Are those mags for sale real or was that an old Add.

the points are breaking the circuit, causing an inductance in a small generator type magnetic field (permanent magnets passing a coil). the battery / external coil is doing the same thing, just being a guaranteed source. the points arcing inside the combustion chamber causes ignition. now, the condensor on more modern battery ignition systems is in place solely to eliminate the very spark that your engine is relying on to run. the condensor's job is to protect the points from arcing and getting black and pitted. (well, it helped, anyway)

yes, those are two current sources for the parts you might need.

Thaks alot. I'm getting it now"