Bob M
Well-known Member
A friend was running his 47(?) hand start A for the first time for the season this weekend. Said it started up and ran fine for a half hour or so, then suddenly quit. After a quick inspection he noticed the magneto was loose on its mount so the drive lug had disengaged (mag mounting bolts had worked loose). He rotated the mag lug to match the drive then remounted the mag, lining up the flange back back up with the imprint in the dirt on the gov housing, then tightened it back down.
But now despite repeated attempts the engine refused to fire. Even pulling the tractor got nothing other than an occasional weak "whuff" out of the stack.
At that point asked me for help. On a whim the first thing I tried was to swap plug wires at the mag. To my delight the engine started with a single turn of the flywheel. It now seems to start and run fine.
My question: Can it be safely run it "as is", or should I retime the mag 180 deg and reverse the plug wires back to their original location?
Thanks!
But now despite repeated attempts the engine refused to fire. Even pulling the tractor got nothing other than an occasional weak "whuff" out of the stack.
At that point asked me for help. On a whim the first thing I tried was to swap plug wires at the mag. To my delight the engine started with a single turn of the flywheel. It now seems to start and run fine.
My question: Can it be safely run it "as is", or should I retime the mag 180 deg and reverse the plug wires back to their original location?
Thanks!