Ignition Points
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The 103 year old magneto on my '15 Ford still works reliably every time.....of course, I had the 4 ignition coils rebuilt and calibrated by an expert about 10 years ago, and set the magnet gaps on the mag at the same time, but it's a simple, rugged system. So rugged that many T engines with their mags were used to power saws and pumps for decades after the original car fell to pieces.
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I still got a couple old sprint car mags kicking around, they performed well, try running your new HEI system without a battery or power source. I believe some of the racing series still run mags, I know piston driven aircraft do.
Don't knock them till you have used them
Bill
Don't knock them till you have used them
Bill
The 103 year old magneto on my '15 Ford still works reliably every time.....of course, I had the 4 ignition coils rebuilt and calibrated by an expert about 10 years ago, and set the magnet gaps on the mag at the same time, but it's a simple, rugged system. So rugged that many T engines with their mags were used to power saws and pumps for decades after the original car fell to pieces.
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The 103 year old magneto on my '15 Ford still works reliably every time.....of course, I had the 4 ignition coils rebuilt and calibrated by an expert about 10 years ago, and set the magnet gaps on the mag at the same time, but it's a simple, rugged system. So rugged that many T engines with their mags were used to power saws and pumps for decades after the original car fell to pieces.
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From: Fresno California
Great picture, Mike! Reminds me of a '20's Dodge Brothers truck in Tonopah, NV, at the mining museum. It had been converted to a milling saw, with a big open buzz saw blade. The blade failed and killed the old man operating it in the '30's. His son replaced the blade and used the saw as-is until 1958. He got lucky. No guards, no nothing.....just brass ***** and Darwin. Again, great shot!!
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Great picture, Mike! Reminds me of a '20's Dodge Brothers truck in Tonopah, NV, at the mining museum. It had been converted to a milling saw, with a big open buzz saw blade. The blade failed and killed the old man operating it in the '30's. His son replaced the blade and used the saw as-is until 1958. He got lucky. No guards, no nothing.....just brass ***** and Darwin. Again, great shot!!
I didn't take this picture. Didn't see this in action but I am old enough and lived in a rural enough area, I have seen similar tasks of this type performed by Model T's. Those cars were still quite common around here when I was a youngster.
