Frank Acampora
Supreme Mariner
- Joined
- Jan 19, 2007
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Those are not magnets! That is the iron core around which the coils are wound. Having no potting covering them has no effect. The trigger assembly was made to fit 3, 4 and possibly 5 cylinder engines. THUS On your engine you will see three trigger cores and the other holes will be filled with the potting compound. There is nothing wrong with the trigger magnet on your flywheel MECHANICALLY. In operation, when the gap passes the iron core it generates a small pulse of DC voltage.
The only time a problem occurs is when the trigger magnets in the flywheel hub get weak. In your case since you are generating 6 volts, everything is working properly.
The ignition is self generating. The only thing the ignition switch does is to short out the CD box capacitors to ground to STOP the engine. If you crank the engine with NO wiring harness connected, it will start and run.
As an extra, the ground for the complete ignition system is a small black wire attaching from the mounting plate to a bypass cover bolt. This is just pitiful. Daisy chain a ground wire from both CD boxes and all three coils to the engine ground on the terminal strip (near the starter. This will insure that the system always has ground.
The only time a problem occurs is when the trigger magnets in the flywheel hub get weak. In your case since you are generating 6 volts, everything is working properly.
The ignition is self generating. The only thing the ignition switch does is to short out the CD box capacitors to ground to STOP the engine. If you crank the engine with NO wiring harness connected, it will start and run.
As an extra, the ground for the complete ignition system is a small black wire attaching from the mounting plate to a bypass cover bolt. This is just pitiful. Daisy chain a ground wire from both CD boxes and all three coils to the engine ground on the terminal strip (near the starter. This will insure that the system always has ground.
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