Quoting Removed, click Modern View to seeThat is correct for a magneto, since it alternates between the North and South poles of the magnet, but not for a battery ignition system.
If using the pencil system, make sure you have a good insulator over the pencil, because if there is a hairline crack in the wood, the graphite center will conduct spark voltage to it and that spark will think you are the spark plug. And do NOT try substituting a mechanical pencil. :lol:
All of the manuals I have seen have always said that whichever lead of the battery goes to ground should be matched by the coil. Since the points provide the ground for the coil , if it is a + ground battery (most 6 volt systems) the + terminal of coil should go to distributors, and if it is a - ground battery (most 12 volt systems) the minus side of the coil to the distributor. I stick with the manuals.
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