[SEL] ArrrGGhhh! I'm back after 6 years lurking - re: FMZ

[Al Harris]

G'day fellas,

My AB33 is bolted by its base to the bracket exactly as you describe 
Edd, as it has horseshoe magnets that aren't part of the body of the 
magneto.

And hey, I don't have the literature or knowledge that you blokes do so 
I'll be in sponge mode.

Not that I'll probably absorb a lot but I'll have a hardcopy. ;-) Thanks 
for the input.

Cheers,

Al Harris
Summer Clarence Coast NSW Oz

al.harris at rustic-engines.com



Edd Payne wrote:
> Hi Graham.Going by all the literature I have when F/M went to the R mag they 
> changed back to straight teeth.I have and have had many F/M engines and this 
> is how it has been with all of them.This info comes from experience and what 
> is written in 100 years of F/M and power from the past vol 3.But never say 
> never.I have a 6HP tank cooled F/M and it has a flat gov bkt but it is still 
> fitted with an AB33 and it is bolted down by the base bolt holes not held 
> with the typical clamp across the top.
> EDD PAYNE
> PO Box 364 Gulgong N.S.W
> Australia
> 2852
> Phone:0263742387
> edsengns at optusnet.com.au
> edsengns
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Graham Harris" <ozengine at yahoo.com.au>
> To: <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 4:23 PM
> Subject: [SEL] ArrrGGhhh! I'm back after 6 years lurking - re: FMZ
>
>
>   
>> Edd and Al
>>
>> Nuh. Well maybe not...My ZAA fairbanks has the gear bracket that does not 
>> have the extra height build-up to seat the AB33 type. It therefore must be 
>> for a R-rotary. My bracket was potmetal now re-cast in iron using the 
>> glued-up original as a pattern. Still have to machine it, hence the shift 
>> to straight gears. So not all helical cut FMZ's only had the trip/osc 
>> magnetos. My Z BTW is on a lighting plant base. Originally the ignition 
>> would have been a buzz box on the hopper run from the "house batteries". 
>> I'm putting an R-type on because 1. it fits the bracket 2. I won't have 
>> "house batteries" connected, just the Z, cooled by the hopper (not 
>> radiator) and a magneto.
>>
>>
>> Al - Mexico? Well I don't drink the Tequila down here, but the Vic Beer 
>> sure is better than the crap that comes from NSW :-) we call our glasses 
>> proper names too).
>>
>> PS Not just any helical gear will fit the FMZ gears. Go get a helical gear 
>> out of a car gearbox etc. It wont' mesh straight - I've tried that too.
>>
>> Graham
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Al.You need a AB33 or AB34 American Bosh.They were fitted to all F/M with
>> helical gears( and many with straight gears) They are a trip mag.The other
>> mag you mention is probably of a Wisconsin.
>> EDD PAYNE
>> PO Box 364 Gulgong N.S.W
>> Australia
>> 2852
>> Phone:0263742387
>> edsengns at optusnet.com.au
>> edsengns
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