Re: 14 hp McCulloch driving me crazy

[jeff-register]

I had a bonding problem that drove me up the wall. The magneto plate had a shakey connection between the block & the stater plate.
I would fire on the top then start missing & the bottom would fire, then swap missing cylinders 5 seconds later. Without a good bond between ign & block the current would reverse to the other second magneto system on the plate. That turned one set of points gold they got so hot. Phelon system.

I ran a #16 stranded wire from block to magneto plate & it ran like new, was a Merc 200. Had the same issues again, Phelon mag again, Mark 5 this time. Added my bond wire again & same results, ran like new again. Try it, your motor might like it 😀