Flywheel magnets bridged

[thelegion]

I finally am getting my old Gal of a 1971 100 hp running, was out for a test spin the other day, tuned it somewhat at the dock and headed out. Ran great, on the way in until I accelerated and heard a bit of a "pop". I did a compression test (good) pulled the flywheel and found a small piece of wire bridging two magnets.

Could this have caused the loss of acceleration? would only do half throttle in.

thanks, TL...

 

[F_R]

Not in itself. But where did the wire come from?

 

[thelegion]

I think the wire may have got there when I set the flywheel down when redoing the plug wires and points, but not sure. It looked like one of the wires I snipped off in an earlier repair. So I guess I'll have to keep digging, hoping now it's a timing issue. Ive been chasing all kinds of gremlins on this but fortunate they have been affordable ones.

 

[racerone]

Timing on those is fixed and normally requires no adjustment.

 

[thelegion]

Hmmmm, I'll keep digging

cheers and thanks....