Re: Row Boat Motor Magnetos

[Buccaneer]

I changed out the old condenser with a capacitor.
The mag still doesn’t spark unless you’re cranking
the Wisconsin’s flywheel at a fair clip.
It sparked fine on the bench with the impulse coupling
off, but "flicking" it with your fingers turns it faster
that slow cranking the Wisconsin’s flywheel.
I put the impulse coupling back on (took three tries
to get it right, and that little spring is a bugger!)
and it snaps and has good spark by appearance.
Therefore, I’m redoing a coupling so I can hook the
mag up with the impulse. Hopefully tomorrow I’ll
have the mag remounted and ready to see if plan "B" works.
The mag with the impulse on seems to spin backwards
okay, so theoretically one could "bounce" the flywheel
off compression to start it….. I hope. 😕

Prepare to be boarded!