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Mo in Mo

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Does anyone rebuild coils?
« on: November 30, 2016, 09:18:18 AM »
My coil is bad in my 37 Simplex its an Eiseman 71 LE the coil is getting a reading of 1 ohm should be around 5-8. Have called a few places and lots of people repair tractors but haven't found any that repair flywheel type mags.


Thanks for any help.

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Re: Does anyone rebuild coils?
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2016, 10:31:07 AM »
You might think about rewinding your own coil .

I rewound my headlight coil with excellent results .
I unwound the original wire onto a tomato wire cone , loosely ( you may have to find something bigger ) .
Then sprayed a couple of coats of paint on the wire . Let it dry and then wound that wire back onto the steel core .
Of course , I paid attention as to just how the wire came off the core , so I could apply it in a like manner .

I could see were the thinner wire of an ignition coil would present a problem , unless you made a decent jig to preform the task .

Pete . :)
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kartjockey

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Re: Does anyone rebuild coils?
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2016, 06:08:12 PM »
Might try this guy.  Let us know if you do and if it work out.



http://www.simplexservi-cycle.com/index.php?topic=1306.0

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Re: Does anyone rebuild coils?
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2016, 09:40:06 AM »
I believe Maytag engines used the same coil.  Bob Blinn's dad used to rewind these, and other Maytag sources still have coils available.

Mo in Mo

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Re: Does anyone rebuild coils?
« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2016, 01:59:01 PM »
I ended up going with Mikes Magneto. I called over 20 places. I found only three that would work on a fly wheel coil. Lots of places work on coils just not when they are in a fly wheel. After doing research I decided on Mikes. One person had some very very bad reviews. The other one that you guys referred seemed very knowledgeable but only had a 1 week wait. Mikes was a 2 month wait and while not always, when people have long waits its usually worth it.

They then called after I sent the coil and they actually had one on the shelf already rebuilt. So I get an early X-mas and my wife gets to be even more mad that I'm spending a bunch of money before the holidays. :)

kartjockey

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Re: Does anyone rebuild coils?
« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2016, 03:35:50 PM »
Thanks for the feedback.  Please post mikes info.

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Re: Does anyone rebuild coils?
« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2016, 03:45:30 PM »
What Tom said^ .

You did buy her something really nice , right ? ;)

Pete . :)

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Re: Does anyone rebuild coils?
« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2016, 04:39:40 PM »
Marks Magneto Service
Magneto repair, parts, sales high and low tensions coil winding services.
(860) 537-0376
321 McDonald Rd.
Colchester, Connecticut

I'm currently trying to find the right gift. I like to wait and fight the crowds.

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Re: Does anyone rebuild coils?
« Reply #8 on: December 09, 2016, 07:57:20 AM »
"I like to wait and fight the crowds."

I use to use that as an excuse , too . LOL

Pete . :)
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Re: Does anyone rebuild coils?
« Reply #9 on: December 10, 2016, 08:40:06 AM »
What Tom said^ .

You did buy her something really nice , right ? ;)

Pete . :)

No way is my wife going to see my bill from Wayne.

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Re: Does anyone rebuild coils?
« Reply #10 on: December 10, 2016, 09:31:41 AM »

"No way is my wife going to see my bill from Wayne."

What she doesn't know won't hurt you ? LOL

Pete . :)
« Last Edit: December 10, 2016, 09:34:48 AM by pd »
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