New membran, Norway

Hello, have a Norman T300 with a 110V ALCO generator and a cuple of JAP engines.

Hello and welcome!

Hi Kai, and a warm welcome to the forum.
Are you planning on a full restoration of the gen set?

I hope so, but I am missing the magneto and that is a importen part of it. I want a magneto, mybe in bad skape that I car fix. Thanks for the reply. Best regards, Kai.

In the UK twin magnetos are hard to find and expensive because the motorbike lads snap them up.
Good luck with your search.

Woodsman wrote:In the UK twin magnetos are hard to find and expensive because the motorbike lads snap them up.
Good luck with your search.

Just a thought as I know this is an issue as you say, would it be possible to gear 2 single cylinder mags together to achieve the same result? OK it wouldn't be 'original' but if it meant the difference between a running engine and a lump of scrap...

Or, hook up a battery, coil, a switch and a distiributor from a car and use the two 180 degree outleads from the cap ?

Have a look at this thread - may spark (   ) a bright idea.  

https://ukengineforum.forumotion.com/t6890-coil-ignition-without-a-battery

I've thought about it myself but never experimented. I suppose if you can get a spark you could connect to both plugs and 'waste' one spark on the exhaust stroke. Or am I loosing it altogether?

I believe modern engines with coil packs use the 'wasted spark' system?

Citroen flat twin engines (2CV ect) do, they have a points box on the front of the crank and a double ended coil.