[SEL] Splitdorf Magneto

[Listerdiesel]

On 7/10/05, Bill Brueck <b2 at chooka.net> wrote:
> 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
> 

We have some Splitdorf service information and applications lists
here, some kind of visual information would be useful to help with an
ID for this unit.

Peter
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