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jrm80
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    NO, IT’S AN OLD STYLE BATTERY OPERATED IGNITION LIKE YOU HAD IN YOUR FIRST CAR, POINTS, CONDENSORS, COILS, THE WHOLE THING. THIS ENGINE HAS A MASSIVE GENERATOR THAT WEIGHS ABOUT 30 LBS WITH THREE SETS OF POINTS AND THREE CONDENSORS MOUNTED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GENERATOR.. I’M ATTACHING PHOTOS OF THE GENERATOR AND THE COILS THAT SHOW THE SETUP. TWO OF THE COILS ARE WORKING PROPERLY, BUT ONE IS DEAD. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE COILS ARE MOUNTED NEAR THE HEAD.AND WHAT I HAVE TO DO IS COME UP WITH A COIL THAT CAN BE MOUNTED ON THE HEAD. I’VE GOT LOTS OF ROOM FOR A DIFFRENT COIL, BUT I DON’T KNOW WHAT KIND OF COIL I WILL NEED TO GET, OR WHAT I NEED TO KNOW IN ORDER TO GET A COIL THAT WILL WORK. I CAN PROBABLY WORK AROUND THE PHYSICAL SHAPE OF ANOTHER COIL AS LONG AS I CAN DETERMINE THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE COIL ITSELF.

    HOPE THAT HELPS.

    • This reply was modified 5 years, 7 months ago by jrm80.