I redid the “grounds” on the magneto buzz coil test, this time with
the magneto sitting on the bench. It jumped the 3/16″ gap with no
troubles.
I put it all back together and spun the motor over with a drill, and
it will only jump less than an 1/8″ open air gap, and with the cordless
drill on high speed.
The grounding post that the arc jumps to, was grounded to the back
side of the magneto, so it shouldn’t be a grounding issue from the magneto
to powerhead.
The magnets on the rotating magnet seem okay, but one half might
possibly be a little stronger than the other.
May re-check the point gap tomorrow, and maybe swap out the condenser,
for lack of other ideas. Also, maybe I’ll run a permanent ground wire
between the magneto to powerhead some how.
VIDEO……..
https://youtu.be/cnUkvjpXfBI
Prepare to be boarded!