My wife just called and told me that her cousins EF isnt running. he believes has something to do with his distributor. she said something about a magneto connected to it and wires hooked up wrong. now i personally have never heard of this part before and am wondering if this guy has any idea what he is talking about. i mean i could be wrong too. I have tried google and searched the forum with no prevail, so if anyone can describe this part or send a picture it would be great so i can help trouble shoot. Thanks

 

im confused, can u explain what your wanting to know a little better?

 

^^^ WHAT HE SAID ..

 

ive never heard of this part so i am trying to see if anyone knows anything about it or even has a picture

 

The dizzy?

 

never herd of a "magneto" check if the plug wires are in the right firing order..

 

isnt magneto from x men...

i found it.

 

they tried that. is the magneto anything like a msd ignition

 

thats what i was thinking when they told me what it was called

 

and it has to do with the ignition, i THINK

 

same here..

BUT a magneto is an ignition system normally used on small engines and on aircraft pistn engines. dont know why he is running with a magneto system.

tell em to get rid of that and run it like the regular ignition system.

this is from wikipedia.. about Magneto systems


Magneto ignition coil
The simplest form of spark ignition is that using a magnet. The engine spins a magnet inside a coil, or, in the earlier designs, a coil inside a fixed magnet, and also operates a contact breaker, interrupting the current and causing the voltage to be increased sufficiently to jump a small gap. The spark plugs are connected directly from the magneto output. Early magnetos had one coil, with the contact breaker (sparking plug) inside the combustion chamber. In about 1902, Bosch introduced a double-coil magneto, with a fixed sparking plug, and the contact breaker outside the cylinder. Magnetos are not used in modern cars, but because they generate their own electricity they are often found on piston-engined aircraft engines and small engines such as those found in mopeds, lawnmowers, snowblowers, chainsaws, etc. where a battery-based electrical system is not present for any combination of necessity, weight, cost, and reliability reasons.
Magnetos were used on the small engine's ancestor, the stationary "hit or miss" engine which was used in the early twentieth century, on older gasoline or distillate farm tractors before battery starting and lighting became common, and on aircraft piston engines. Magnetos were used in these engines because their simplicity and self-contained operation was more reliable, and because magnetos weighed less than having a battery and dynamo or alternator.
Aircraft engines usually have multiple magnetos to provide redundancy in the event of a failure. Some older automobiles had both a magneto system and a battery actuated system (see below) running simultaneously to ensure proper ignition under all conditions with the limited performance each system provided at the time.This gave the benefits of easy starting (from the battery system) with reliable sparking at speed (from the magneto).

 

 

I think u wanted to know if the wires r in the wrong spots?

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...ed=0CDsQ9QEwAg

 

find a diagram of the magneto wiring and see if its wired right, or swap to a different ignition system