Topic: Old Magneto Identification – Antique Outboard Motor Club,Inc

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October 8, 2018 at 7:14 pm #11485
Mumbles
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Can anyone positively identify these mags as to which motors they came off? I’m pretty sure the first one is from a Johnson single and the twin coil one is possibly Evinrude or Elto but I don’t have a clue what the Eisemann is from.

Thanks in advance!

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October 8, 2018 at 8:59 pm #84163
stanley
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Top one Johnson,bottom Lockwood?
October 8, 2018 at 10:57 pm #84165
chris-p
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Yup looks just like my Lockwood Chief mag
October 9, 2018 at 1:43 am #84169
pm-t2
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The magneto with the twin coils appears to have been monkeyed with. I dare say it was originally meant to be installed on a four-cylinder motor, most likely an Evinrude, so could be Zephyr, Lightfour, SportFour, Speedifour, Big Four. I’d bet one of the smaller 4’s if I had to put money on it. One set of points has been eliminated, and there are four holes for spark plug leads in the plate itself. Each coil is meant to fire two plugs, somebody has grounded out a high tension lead on each coil. I venture that whoever did the work was trying to get this magneto to function on an alternate firing twin. Just my two cents. Hope this helps.

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PM T2
October 12, 2018 at 2:24 pm #84339
Mumbles
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quote PM T2:

The magneto with the twin coils appears to have been monkeyed with. I dare say it was originally meant to be installed on a four-cylinder motor, most likely an Evinrude, so could be Zephyr, Lightfour, SportFour, Speedifour, Big Four. I’d bet one of the smaller 4’s if I had to put money on it. One set of points has been eliminated, and there are four holes for spark plug leads in the plate itself. Each coil is meant to fire two plugs, somebody has grounded out a high tension lead on each coil. I venture that whoever did the work was trying to get this magneto to function on an alternate firing twin. Just my two cents. Hope this helps.

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PM T2

Good eyes T2! I see now how it very possibly could have originally been off a quad of some sort. The next time I have it out, I’ll compare it to some early and late model Zephyr/Light Four mag plates.
October 12, 2018 at 7:07 pm #84349
garry-in-michigan
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1934/35 Evinrude Lightwin Imperial – – – 🙂
October 13, 2018 at 2:54 am #84369
Mumbles
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That makes more sense. Thanks Garry!
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