Wednesday, 27 September 2023

Magneto Man

AM was a quick jaunt taking the MK7 to the allotment. 

Then this afternoon I had another look at the Riley problem. Here is the problem. It is a Magneto.

I came to that conclusion as I spoke to several people about parts and the problems and got lots of interesting views. They are no longer made after the US gave up manufacture. Also:

1. Not the condenser as it would play up at high speed not low speed

2. A new condenser would be from a Bugatti restoration company and cost over a grand

3. It sounds like the coil has failed - and that is inside the Magneto 

4. It can be reconditioned for about £500 and they make their own parts

So there we are - or it is simpler to convert to a standard coil and distributor 

ION: The UK government has approved a new large Oil field in the North Sea - that's put the Eco cat amongst the polluting pidgins

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