maytag? flywheel removal

[nick02]

I have no spark from this small engine. I was wondering how should I remove the flywheel to check the magneato coil.
Any other info about this small engine would be useful as well.

thanks -nick02

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[nick02]

here are working pictures

[John Newman, Jr.]

What you have is not a Maytag engine, but a Nelson Bros. engine. Both use a similar flywheel, but otherwise are vastly different. Maytags are 2-Stroke engines where Nelson Bros. are 4-stroke (note the push rods & overhead valves)
I have a couple of these motors - one has a horizontal cylinder, but is probably pretty close to yours age-wise. The other one has a vertical cylinder and is a newer design with a conventional float carb and an enclosed flywheel. See pictures below. My Horizontal cylinder model is shown with the flywheel off and the magneto under it. I also do not have spark and have acquired a reasonably close mag to try to fix what I have...
The fuel system on yours is unique in that the fuel is pumped up from the tank in the base and fills a chamber much like it would on a conventional float type carb, but instead of a float shutting off the supply when the chamber is full, it allows it to run over into an ajoining chamber where it drains back to the tank.
The flywheel is on a tapered shaft and must be jarred loose. Usually, one would back off the nut a few turns and while applying outward pressure to the flywheel, strike the nut on the end of the shaft with a mallet. If you do not have a soft face mallet, you can use a hammer and a block of wood or aluminum between the nut and the hammer. The thing is not to hit the nut or the end of the shaft directly with a hard hammer - damage will result. This should pop the flywheel loose. Remove the nut from the shaft and the flywheel should come off. You will need to note what is going on under this flywheel, since the timing of the magneto could be keyed to a pin attached to the inside of the flywheel.
You have a great looking little engine! Be sure to post any progress you make on getting it going. I'd be glad to offer any advice or assistance I can - If I don't have the answers, somebody else here surely will.

[John Newman, Jr.]

This is the picture I meant to include instead of that first one.....