Wet magneto

Well, I found out why I'm not getting a good spark. I took the coil cover off, and there's a lot of water in there. Nothing pooled, but everything looks like a cold pipe on a humid day...beads of water all over.

Funny thing is, the first thing I thought to do when this all started was to open the cover and check inside, but I convinced myself it wasn't necessary.

What do you recommend I do? Gently blow it out with a compressor and see if it helps? Or do I have to take it apart? I even printed the magneto service manual from the “cleancomputes.com” Cub website.

I knew when I took that magneto off I was asking for trouble. ;)

ffolkes

I"m guessing the iron core people speak of is what I see moving at the bottom - it has two lobes that snap past every impulse. They look clean, but I don"t know about the side they oppose.

What is the normal spark jump distance from directly off the magneto? Like I said in a previous post, mine averages about 1/8". It"s always blueish white, never yellow, but sometimes it seems really strong, and other times I"m lucky to get 3/32".

Thanks.

ffolkes

You are a bit short on the spark. About twice that distance would be great.

Minimum, I would replace the condensor and the points then check the quality of the spark. Depending on your confidence and mechanical ability, I would just purchase a kit; points, condensor and coil and rebuild the whole thing. This will save another tear down if the coil is weak or breaks down after the tractor warms up.