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Lucas K1F magneto weak spark
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<blockquote data-quote="Magnetoman" data-source="post: 138631" data-attributes="member: 2806"><p>It's too late to affect your decision, but if you remove the armature to snip the capacitor lead you'll have wasted the money you just spent having it remagnetized. Any time you remove the armature the magnetization suffers a significant permanent -- permanent, that is, unless it is remagnetized -- drop in the magnetization. </p><p></p><p>As I've written elsewhere before, with a proper capacitor installed in the body, and it then remagnetized, the magneto will spark the engine into life even at the low end of the kickstarter speed. It will continue to do so for at least 100,000 miles with only routine maintenance of the magneto (lube the cam follower, replace pickups when they wear out, etc.). By "proper capacitor" I mean one of the two I've extensively tested and that are listed in one of the Appendices to the lengthy thread on Britbike.com.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Magnetoman, post: 138631, member: 2806"] It's too late to affect your decision, but if you remove the armature to snip the capacitor lead you'll have wasted the money you just spent having it remagnetized. Any time you remove the armature the magnetization suffers a significant permanent -- permanent, that is, unless it is remagnetized -- drop in the magnetization. As I've written elsewhere before, with a proper capacitor installed in the body, and it then remagnetized, the magneto will spark the engine into life even at the low end of the kickstarter speed. It will continue to do so for at least 100,000 miles with only routine maintenance of the magneto (lube the cam follower, replace pickups when they wear out, etc.). By "proper capacitor" I mean one of the two I've extensively tested and that are listed in one of the Appendices to the lengthy thread on Britbike.com. [/QUOTE]
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