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CNKS
09-09-2005 20:21:10
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Re: Magneto Non Magneto? in reply to Cityboy-McCoy, 09-09-2005 05:39:06
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Looked at Guy Fay's Letter Series Book--and will retract the statements about my 47 M and 48 C having standard battery ignition. Guy states on page 17 that the battery ignition on the Super A and C became STANDARD (magneto became an option) on April 15, 1949; H and HV April 21, 1949; M and 6 series (not industrials) May 10, 1949; W9 and WR9 Dec 9, 1949; I6 May 23, 1950. Guy says "The new ignition systems were voltage regulated, and contained as standard the starting and lighting system, meaning that if you didn't want these two options, you probably had to order the magneto system, although this is not clear. At the same time the battery ignition was standardized, the starting and lighting systems for the magneto tractors were also changed in order to use as many of the components of the new systems as possible." Since Guy says battery ignition (distributers) became standard in 1949, the implication that I interpret is that, as Rusty says, they were never an option, but Guy does not specifically say that. I had forgotten that the 48 C I purchased earlier this year that has a distributer, also has the LHDB light switch, which a tractor with a standard distributer should not have-- this means it had a mag to begin with. I assume my 47 M is the same way, but it had a 12 volt alternator when I bought it and the lights are missing, so I never mess with the switch. Should have looked at the book first, my apologies to Rusty, who is correct more often than I am.
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