Thanks, the mag plates can get pretty grubby and ‘damp’ if used in salt water. I wanted to ensure there was nothing left that could contaminate the points.
The motor came to me with the usual cracked insulation on the coils. It hadn’t been used for many years, but didn’t show the usual signs of having been ‘molested’, so I thought it’d make a good project motor.
The plug wires are brand new, or at least the cable is (copper core, 7mm diameter). I made them up yesterday, using the original boots and ‘springs’ and made sure that the wires were pushed well home into the coil. #1 is coil facing forward/over throttle cam.
The RD mag plate is exactly the same part number and is indistinguishable except for a slightly different profile on the cam and the kill circuit has a push fit connector that connects to the ignition loom (not the wire connectors that you splits with fingernails..).
The only procedure I haven’t done again is to isolate the kill circuit, perhaps there’s been a breakdown in the insulation of the wire UNDER the plastic sleeve on #1 kill wire..That’s the one that connects to the ignition circuit. It looks in fine condition, but it does move around under there, so will check again.
