Robin Hood
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I have never worked on or seen the inner workings of a mag system until today. My earlier post down below is about the starting of a tractor that sat for a couple of years. It now has no spark. I ordered points, plugs, and condenser from NAPA today; will have it tomorry. Filed down the points this afternoon but still don't have spark. It is a FM mag. The question I have is how many lobes are supposed to be on the magneto shaft. It looks like two. (I can't see all that well). I see that there are gears inside that I guess spins the rotor at a different rate (either half or twice as fast.) I am assuming with these new parts it should run. If not, how or what would I want to test. Again, I did have it running for a short time last nite, and it ran a few years ago. Also, NAPA says I should use AC 265 plugs. It has AC 66 in it presently. Does this sound right?
Thanks again for your input.
Thanks again for your input.