Reply To: Johnson MD-38 Magneto

[Buccaneer]

Tubs, I understand now! The military style coil I’m using on the MD38 didn’t have
laminates long enough to span the mag plate mounting bolt holes. I would have liked
to re-used the laminates (except I’d still would have needed the longer one from
the original coil that’s has the mounting holes) so I wouldn’t had to grind the original
laminates down to 3/8″ to fit the military style coil. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get
the laminates out of the military style coil without destroying most of them!
The laminates in the original coil came out in about 30 seconds!

I finished refitting the laminates in the military style coil this morning, and am
cleaning up the rest of the mag plate now. Hopefully I’ll be checking for
spark on the new coil in a few days. Got new rings today, so I can put the
power head back together any time. Have to take a couple hours off and get
more firewood to heat the shop…… Hopefully not next year, lol.

Prepare to be boarded!