[SEL] solid state ignition

John Hall jthall at worldnet.att.net
Tue Sep 19 20:00:48 PDT 2006


Was what he was selling modern? I would say my info from Fairbanks is at 
least 30 years old---I'll try to look again tomorrow and see if I can find a 
date on the literature.

John
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From: "George & Norma Armstrong" <gnarmstrong at netnitco.net>
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> John,
>    Walt Sappington of MI. told me that solid state was the way to go on 
> the
> Fairbanks---they run better, start better and there was a guy selling the
> system at Portland this past show.  The extent of my knowledge.    George
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Hall <jthall at worldnet.att.net>
> To: sel at lists.stationary-engine.com <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
> Date: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 8:57 PM
> Subject: [SEL] solid state ignition
>
>
>>Didn't have time to read all of it but while looking through the Fairbanks
>>mag parts books at the shop tonight, I saw where they made Solid State
>>conversions for flywheel engines. The engines listed were Ajax, Climax,
>>Witte, and Fairbanks. I'm guessing these were oilfield units? Anybody ever
>>run across an engine with this conversion on it? The engine pictured
>>appeared to have been an enclosed crankcase model.
>>
>>John
>>





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