Re: Success…Lauson Pony Coil Converison w/ video

[legendre]

With one odd exception, every ignition condenser I’ve ever encountered was nominally 0.2uF – be it on a car, motorbike, moped or small engine. If you think about it, they all pretty much do the exact same job. It would seem to be one value you can almost bet on..

The lone exception is the Motobecane 50V (and possibly 40-series) models, which apparently use 2.0uF. I have no idea why this is the case, nor have I investigated it. However, it may have something to do with the fact that on the Motobecane**, the ignition coil grounds through the tail lamp, as as such, also powers it.

(** ETA – Then again, that might be a different marque that used the weird tail lamp + ignition ground circuit.. need to check it.)