magneto on a b allis

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   Ok I feel kind of dumb. Can someone explain a fmb4 magneto to me. I can't get spark across a plug. It will shock my wife hehe talked her into that twice lol. If I turn the tractor over with hand crank with no plugs in u can see and hear the mag snap and points make a great blue spark but if turned over fast very little spark. The spark on the wires is good with the slow turn over but weak turning over faster too. Thinking about a distributor just cause I know how to work on them. But don't want to scare up 150 bucks just yet

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ewbs79 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Silver Level Joined: 17 Mar 2011 Location: trenton,mo Points: 81	Post Options Post Reply Quote ewbs79 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: magneto on a b allis Posted: 15 Oct 2011 at 12:53am
	Ok I feel kind of dumb. Can someone explain a fmb4 magneto to me. I can't get spark across a plug. It will shock my wife hehe talked her into that twice lol. If I turn the tractor over with hand crank with no plugs in u can see and hear the mag snap and points make a great blue spark but if turned over fast very little spark. The spark on the wires is good with the slow turn over but weak turning over faster too. Thinking about a distributor just cause I know how to work on them. But don't want to scare up 150 bucks just yet

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CTuckerNWIL Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: NW Illinois Points: 22825	Post Options Post Reply Quote CTuckerNWIL Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 Oct 2011 at 7:41am
	I have never heard of that B4. I'm not a mag expert, but if you have the magnetism to cause the spark and all other things, point gap, condenser, coil, etc, I don't know what could change by spinning it faster unless it has something to do with the impulse drive.
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