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    Will see if I have better luck posting photos today, but it was nice
    to see my Flambeau again anyway. (Sarcasm!)

    I finished up swapping out one of the original coils for the Tecumseh,
    and tested it out. It’s not the fattest spark I’ve ever seen, but perhaps
    okay?

    I’m debating weather or not to do the same coil swap with the
    other original “bad” coil, or put the one good original on it that
    I had stashed.
    Either way, there’s a few road blocks before this KA-37 may ever
    run again. I lost the stationary half of the point set somehow,
    and the moveable half has a broken “spring steel” spring broken.
    Bigger problem is that I’m awaiting different piston rings, as
    the Maytag rings I installed aren’t going to work out.

    VIDEO…….

    https://youtu.be/s5BonKASWY0

    Comparing the OMC vs. the Tecumseh coil as far as “height”.

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    The Tecumseh coil all hooked up and ready for a test.
    P.S.- That’s the style of point set I need for the other side,
    in case anyone had one to sell.

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    I used a .22 mdf capacitor, but not idea what the Tecumseh coil desires.

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    Prepare to be boarded!