George, I read your reply too late, although I did reuse the bakelite
connectors. I trimmed the insulation on the plug wires back enough
where the bare wire stuck up above the bakelite towers far
enough to solder on the braided wire leads from the coil.
There were no screws inside the towers, but rather the
secondaries wires from the coils were just butted up against
the plug wires inside the towers.
If you have photos of the correct way to connect the plug wires,
I’ll try that next time! I’m not sure I’m visualizing what you say.
I never did get a good reading on the secondaries on my ohm meter,
but I had a nice steady spark on the Stevens tester at about 2.2 to 2.3 amps.
The Speeditwin mag plate I acquired is missing the advance lever.
I believe this mag is from the 1940’s. Did they have a "kill" button
in the lever? I can make a lever, as the whole setup isn’t going
to be correct for my Speedster anyway, but not sure about
the kill button.
Thanks.
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