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A coil engine converted to magneto

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A coil engine converted to magneto
Tony Griffiths Offline
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05-09-2024, 03:34 PM (This post was last modified: 05-09-2024, 03:37 PM by Tony Griffiths.)
Unusual - has anyone seen this conversion before?  https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/235725896328?...&recoPos=1


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05-09-2024, 03:46 PM
That looks like a mag engine with an alternative dynamo to me
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05-09-2024, 04:57 PM
And me
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05-09-2024, 05:40 PM
Of course - the low oil filler!
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06-09-2024, 11:50 AM
Interesting - I wonder how that was achieved?

I get fed up with the unreliability and frailty of the CAV DFL. I use my Chummy quite hard and have blown up three mag dynamos in the last 10 years.  Sad
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06-09-2024, 01:31 PM
(06-09-2024, 11:50 AM)Parazine Wrote: Interesting - I wonder how that was achieved?

I get fed up with the unreliability and frailty of the CAV DFL. I use my Chummy quite hard and have blown up three mag dynamos in the last 10 years.  Sad

I was thinking the same. 

It looks as if either the dynamo housing has been bored out to accommodate a larger diameter dynamo body or the dynamo body has been turned down to fit in the housing. 
Or both.
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06-09-2024, 02:05 PM
or "joined" to a shortened DFL body, with an extension to drive it??
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06-09-2024, 04:15 PM
It’s a useful conversion, if you can get more details Tony, I would be interested.
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06-09-2024, 09:10 PM
(06-09-2024, 04:15 PM)Ruairidh Dunford Wrote: It’s a useful conversion, if you can get more details Tony, I would be interested.

Sorry Ruairidth,
It was just a car for sale on eBay so it's all a bit of a mystery.
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06-09-2024, 09:22 PM
Ahhh.

Many thanks for explaining.
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