[SEL] Wico "F"

[Steve Gray]

Hi Dave -

   Yeah, this is a new one to me, it's the only rotary mag I've ever 
seen from Wico. The Witte it's on is somewhat of an odd ball, for that 
matter. I should have put these pics up earlier. The armature, nothing 
more than a section of the laminated core, is pressed onto a bronze 
sleeve and includes the adjustable cam to operate the points. This 
assembly is mounted on a steel tube that is part of the stationary mag 
base plate. Similar to the EK and PR mags, the armature lines up with 
the laminated core, in this case, with 6 bar magnets at the top behind 
the name plate. When the flywheel is mounted on the crank, a pin screwed 
into the flywheel engages a small drive hole in the armature and rotates 
it in unison with the crankshaft. Different to say the least!

Try these:

WicoF1 <http://www.oldengineshed.com/snapshots/WicoF1.jpg>
WicoF1A <http://www.oldengineshed.com/snapshots/WicoF1A.jpg>
WicoF1B <http://www.oldengineshed.com/snapshots/WicoF1B.jpg>
WicoF2 <http://www.oldengineshed.com/snapshots/WicoF2.jpg>
Witte1 <http://www.oldengineshed.com/snapshots/WicoF3.jpg>
Witte2 <http://www.oldengineshed.com/snapshots/WicoF4.jpg>
Witte3 <http://www.oldengineshed.com/snapshots/WicoF5.jpg>
Witte4 <http://www.oldengineshed.com/snapshots/WicoF6.jpg>

- Best regards,

    Steve

-- 
Steve Gray
Member EDGE & TA, Br. 13 & 27
Sonora, California USA
e-mail:   segray at mlode.com
Home page:   http://www.oldengineshed.com



Dave Ernst wrote:

> Are you sure it is an "F"? All my books show is a "FW" which fits 
> inside the flywheel of engines, but don't show a Witte application.
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Gray" <segray at mlode.com>
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> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 11:36 PM
> Subject: [SEL] Wico "F"
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