[SEL] Splitdorf Magneto

[Bill Brueck]

Scan for Splitdorf magneto on eBay and see if you can find a picture of one
that looks like yours.  You will find more if you search on sold items, and
then you can also get a feel for the price that somebody paid for it.

Post the eBay item number back to the list and someone may recognize it.

Splitdorf made mags for a lot of equipment: tractors, industrial engines,
trucks, cars... So chances are it would fit a number of different
applications.

I watch mags on eBay a bit, normally ones that are original equipment for
John Deere tractors sell pretty well (some models VERY well!) and just about
everything else goes pretty cheap.  With exceptions, of course.  Since yours
is 4 cylinder, it's not Deere. 

B²
 
Bill Brueck (brick)
Chatfield, MN, USA
 
Confusion is a higher state of knowledge than ignorance.


-----Original Message-----
From: sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com
[mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com] On Behalf Of
FRM8198 at aol.com
Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 11:17 PM
To: SEL at lists.stationary-engine.com
Subject: [SEL] Splitdorf Magneto

 
Hi List,
In a box of items I purchased at a sale, there is basket case  Splitdorf
magneto.  I haven't found a model number on the  brass tag.  The latest
Patent date is May 1917.  It has horse  shoe type magnets which are not
attached.  It appears to be for a four  cylinder engine.  Mounted on top of
the coil there is a square looking  condenser with a Great Britain Patent
date of 1918.  It has a manual  advance point assembly.  It appears to be
very well constructed and looks  to have been glass beaded.  The housing and
mounting bracket seem to be made of pot metal (?) and shows some slight
deterioration.  To  get it in operational condition, it would have to be
reassembled and have the  magnets charged.
By any chance does anyone have any idea on what type of engine or  engines
that would have used this magneto?  Perhap some one may have  use for this
item? 
 If so, please let me know off list.  

Francis Maciel
Santa Maria,  CA


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