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<blockquote data-quote="timetraveller" data-source="post: 146945" data-attributes="member: 456"><p>Regarding the lack of sparks; try just cleaning the points in the magneto. Yoiu might be lucky and that might be all that is wrong. If you have to take them out to clean them then you cannot loose the timing as they have to go back in the way they came out. By using a very fine piece of wet or dry abrasive paper, folded over, you might be able to clean them without removing them. Just make sure that there is no abrasive material left between the points after doing the job. There is also a thing called the slip ring, under a screw at the other end of the magneto. There is a carbon brush there and there could be oil or mild corrosion there, preventing the earthing of the current in the magneto.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timetraveller, post: 146945, member: 456"] Regarding the lack of sparks; try just cleaning the points in the magneto. Yoiu might be lucky and that might be all that is wrong. If you have to take them out to clean them then you cannot loose the timing as they have to go back in the way they came out. By using a very fine piece of wet or dry abrasive paper, folded over, you might be able to clean them without removing them. Just make sure that there is no abrasive material left between the points after doing the job. There is also a thing called the slip ring, under a screw at the other end of the magneto. There is a carbon brush there and there could be oil or mild corrosion there, preventing the earthing of the current in the magneto. [/QUOTE]
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