Re: Problem with substituting OMC coils in an antique

[RICHARD A. WHITE]

quote George Emmanuel:

Jim and Joe,

Steve Wood called me and said basically what Joe said about how the coils face each other. Yes, both coils were purchased together and appeared to be identical, but what I can say is it was interesting that out of the 4 lugs on the primary, one was smaller than the other three, which I guess is Chinese quality.

Curiosity has always been my driving force and it has made up for a lot of ignorance! This was a fun project. The reason I could not have the coils facing the same direction was due to the location of the plug wire terminal. If I had them both in the same direction the cam would rub on the plug wire terminal on the coil.

Thanks for sharing knowledge!

George

I had the same issue with my Mastertwin Eiseman conversion, I had to remove and route one plug wire in a way I did not want to, but I had to in order for the conversion to work. I got my info from Jim Moffatt, he is a smart cookie 🙂

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