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foot_doctor
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    Whoops, he told us the answer. The flywheel gets hot. I suspect that the laminations for one or both coils are protruding too far and are rubbing on the inside of the flywheel. The heat sink path along the crankshaft to the flywheel is pretty long. I"m betting on the coil laminations. R.T.