[SEL] Magneto Repair

[Lyndsay Frazer]

G'day Jeff. There is nothing to be concerned about when taking the magntes 
off your Sumter as long as you use a keeper on them. I would however 
re-magnetise them before putting them back on making sure that poles are the 
same way of course. I recently was asked to re magnitise a sumpter for a 
fellow and was not having much sucess. I found that someone else had in fact 
reversed one magnet. After this was rectified all was fine and his engine 
now runs fine.


Regards
Lyndsay





>From: Allen Home <cwja at telus.net>
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>To: The SEL email discussion list <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
>Subject: [SEL] Magneto Repair
>Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:33:02 -0600
>
>I have just bought a Sumter 12 Magneto for my siezed headless 
>Fairbanks-Morse. The purchase was sort of a hair shirt issue to goad me 
>into doing the engine after procrastinating for about three years. I would 
>like to clean up the magneto but I am somewhat leary about getting things 
>apart on it. I have heard over the years that one should not take a mag 
>apart because of some unknown disaster that could occur. So what can happen 
>and why? If I put a keeper bar on the horseshoe magnets would not the 
>magnetism be retained with no need to recharge the magnets. I would like to 
>buff up the metal surfaces and clean up all and sundry. Any ideas or advice 
>for me please.
>
>BTY please remember I am the Canadian Jeff , the good guy
>
>--
>Jeff Allen Home
>Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
>
>
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