On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 18:45:04 GMT, "Mr Wizzard"
wrote:


"Marshall Banana" wrote in message
...
Also Sprach Short Wave Sportfishing :

Power pack?

No power pack in this old boy. It's basically an aircooled lawnmower
engine with an outboard leg. (I have one sitting in my garage)

To the OP... I'm thinking sparkplug wire maybe? Can you check with a
spark tester to see if the spark can jump the same gap on each cylinder?

I got a new coil (w/ spark plug wire), and switched coils, etc.




Also, where ever did you find an electronic igniton for one of thses
things?


Ah!, simple!. *Since* the flywheel has only "one" magent, you can
use these $13 universal ignition modules/breaker point eliminator
modules - I've been using them on ALL engine that comes thru here with
breaker points. Works great for 1, or 2 cylinder engines that uses a
magneto ignition where "one" magnet in the flywheel swings past a coil(s).
Its called a "Nova II", or a "universal ignition" module for small engines,
and can find them on line at any small engine supply outfit on the web.
They are about the size of a postage stamp, and eliminates the condenser,
and most importantly, the breaker points! - no more points in a 2-cylinder
means you don't have to worry about matching up point gaps, *or* worry
about situation where the lobe is worn that opens/closes the points (which
is how I got involved in these modules in the FIRST place). I re-did a 1974
Sears Gamefisher 7.5 (made by Eska w/ a Tecumseh engine) where the
lobe was too worn to open the points far enough. So pass this info on!!
For 1, or 2 cylinder OB's with flywheel/magneto ignitions, take the points
and condenser(s) out, and put one of these little things in, they are very
reliable! 2 terminals, and one screw, thats ALL there is to it!! Look :!

http://www.mfgsupply.com/m/c/31-8786.html

http://www.srnow.net/auto/detailview...323506&id3=YES

And last item on this list:
http://www.jackssmallengines.com/ignition_t.cfm


So yeah, I simply can't say enough about these little miricles!.
Now, back to my problem, any ideas ??

Change the module? :)

Later,

Tom

"Beware the one legged man in a butt
kicking contest - he is there for a
reason."

Wun Hung Lo - date unknown

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 18:45:04 GMT, "Mr Wizzard"
wrote:


"Marshall Banana" wrote in message
...
Also Sprach Short Wave Sportfishing :

Power pack?

No power pack in this old boy. It's basically an aircooled lawnmower
engine with an outboard leg. (I have one sitting in my garage)

To the OP... I'm thinking sparkplug wire maybe? Can you check with a
spark tester to see if the spark can jump the same gap on each
cylinder?

I got a new coil (w/ spark plug wire), and switched coils, etc.




Also, where ever did you find an electronic igniton for one of thses
things?


Ah!, simple!. *Since* the flywheel has only "one" magent, you can
use these $13 universal ignition modules/breaker point eliminator
modules - I've been using them on ALL engine that comes thru here with
breaker points. Works great for 1, or 2 cylinder engines that uses a
magneto ignition where "one" magnet in the flywheel swings past a
coil(s).
Its called a "Nova II", or a "universal ignition" module for small
engines,
and can find them on line at any small engine supply outfit on the web.
They are about the size of a postage stamp, and eliminates the condenser,
and most importantly, the breaker points! - no more points in a
2-cylinder
means you don't have to worry about matching up point gaps, *or* worry
about situation where the lobe is worn that opens/closes the points
(which
is how I got involved in these modules in the FIRST place). I re-did a
1974
Sears Gamefisher 7.5 (made by Eska w/ a Tecumseh engine) where the
lobe was too worn to open the points far enough. So pass this info on!!
For 1, or 2 cylinder OB's with flywheel/magneto ignitions, take the
points
and condenser(s) out, and put one of these little things in, they are
very
reliable! 2 terminals, and one screw, thats ALL there is to it!! Look
:!

http://www.mfgsupply.com/m/c/31-8786.html

http://www.srnow.net/auto/detailview...323506&id3=YES

And last item on this list:
http://www.jackssmallengines.com/ignition_t.cfm


So yeah, I simply can't say enough about these little miricles!.
Now, back to my problem, any ideas ??

Change the module? :)

...This is the best you can come up with Tom? ...
I was somehow hoping for a different answer.
(hehe, never mind that inch and a half blue spark
I can draw off of the tip of the new plug wire that
is attached to that "new" coil driven by that brand
new module).




Later,

Tom

"Beware the one legged man in a butt
kicking contest - he is there for a
reason."

Wun Hung Lo - date unknown

On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 19:14:02 GMT, "Mr Wizzard"
wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
.. .
On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 18:45:04 GMT, "Mr Wizzard"
wrote:

~~ snippage ~~

So yeah, I simply can't say enough about these little miricles!.
Now, back to my problem, any ideas ??

Change the module? :)

..This is the best you can come up with Tom? ...

Sadly, yes.

I was somehow hoping for a different answer.

As the Great Mick Jagger once said:

"You can't always get what you want...."

(hehe, never mind that inch and a half blue spark
I can draw off of the tip of the new plug wire that
is attached to that "new" coil driven by that brand
new module).

LOL!!

Hey, just trying to help. :)

Years and years ago in another life time, I had a tech who was having
one hell of a time diagnosing a reel-to-reel data tape drive which was
intermittent. It caused me a number of problems because the system it
was on was important to the scheme of things and I really couldn't
keep running in the dark without decision data.

Anyway, I went down to his shop and was just nosing around when I
asked the kid if he ever cleaned the heads.

Needless to say, we were up and running within a half hour. :)

Sometimes, you just NEVER know. :)

Good luck.

Later,

Tom
-----------
"Angling may be said to be so
like the mathematics that it
can never be fully learnt..."

Izaak Walton "The Compleat Angler", 1653

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 19:14:02 GMT, "Mr Wizzard"
wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in
message
.. .
On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 18:45:04 GMT, "Mr Wizzard"
wrote:

~~ snippage ~~

So yeah, I simply can't say enough about these little miricles!.
Now, back to my problem, any ideas ??

Change the module? :)

..This is the best you can come up with Tom? ...

Sadly, yes.

I was somehow hoping for a different answer.

As the Great Mick Jagger once said:

"You can't always get what you want...."

(hehe, never mind that inch and a half blue spark
I can draw off of the tip of the new plug wire that
is attached to that "new" coil driven by that brand
new module).

LOL!!

Hey, just trying to help. :)

Years and years ago in another life time, I had a tech who was having
one hell of a time diagnosing a reel-to-reel data tape drive which was
intermittent. It caused me a number of problems because the system it
was on was important to the scheme of things and I really couldn't
keep running in the dark without decision data.

Anyway, I went down to his shop and was just nosing around when I
asked the kid if he ever cleaned the heads.

Needless to say, we were up and running within a half hour. :)

Sometimes, you just NEVER know. :)

Been there, done that! (Electronics is my main trade).
But in the case of this Sea King, I replaced the coil,
and the points (with that new module), so the law of
stastics (in my mind) would be slim to none that not
only was the original coil bad, AND the new coil, it
would have to hand up on the BOTTOM cylinder !
(not the top) so that would be like 50% of X / 2 or
some such. Anyways, naw, hey, I really appreciate
you taking the time to even chat with me about this,
and *that* is what has the value here! (screw that
nawsty smelling hunk of old aluminum...)






Good luck.

Later,

Tom
-----------
"Angling may be said to be so
like the mathematics that it
can never be fully learnt..."

Izaak Walton "The Compleat Angler", 1653