NO, IT IS AN OLD STYLE BATTERTY OPERATED IGNITION SYSTEM COMPLETE WITH COILS, CONDENSERS AND THREE SETS OF POINTS BUILT INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE GENERATOR. THE COILS MOUNT ON THE SIDE OF THE ENGINE NEAR THE HEAD AND THERE IS ONE COIL FOR EACH CYLINDER. THE POINTS AND CODENSERS ARE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE GENERATOR. TWO OF THE COILS ARE WORKING BUT ONE IS DEAD AND I’M TRYING TO COME UP WITH REPLACEMENT COILTHAT WILL WORK. I HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT OF ROOM FOR A COIL OF A DIFFERENT SHAPE, BUT I’M NOT SURE ABOUT THE ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES I NEED TO LOOK FOR, OR IF THERE IS MUCH DIFFERENCE.I DON’T THINK I CAN USE A COIL DESIGNED FOR A MAGNETO, AND THE COILS IN MY ENGINE REQUIRE A BALAST RESISTOR WHICH I ASSUME MEANS THAT THE COIL OPERATES AT 6 VOLTS OR AT LEAST SOMETHING LESS THAN 12 VOLTS. I TRIED TO ATTACH PHOTOS OF THE GENERATOR BUT CAN’T SEEM TO MAKE IT WORK. THE GENERATOR ON THIS THING IS HUGE AND LOOKS LIKE ONE YOU HAD ON YOUR FIRST CAR. IT IS BASICALLY THE KIND OF IGNITION SYSTEM YOU WOULD FIND ON A CAR FROM THE 40’S AND 50’S.
ANYHOW, I HOPE THIS HELPS A LITTLE AND HOPE SOMEONE CAN POINT ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AT THIS POINT.
