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IHC LA mag trip


Greetings from s illinois My mechanically declined brother:D and i tryed to change the gears on a...

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Greetings from s illinois
My mechanically declined brother and i tryed to change the gears on a 1/2 to 21/2 la to a 3 to 5 hp la only to get a watch mechanisem spring mess how do i get the spring back in there? and how do i get the gear off big mag has no spark it'll "tingle you" We changed the points and adjusted them to .013 Changed the condencer. was told to turn the mag backwards to see if there was resistance and there was.
that was suppose to tell if mags were good
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hello again
Brother talked to Kevin the mag man and we figured out what we did wrong and we now have a purring 3 to 5 la thank you very much Kevin
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If you have trouble again the IHC blue ribbon magneto service manual is online at this link and one of the red power clubs has it on their site too.

http://www.oldengine.org/members/die.../PetrolMag.htm
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