Reply To: H 16hp Bolens

[davidbliss]

I went down the safe route and fitted the relays, as done same conversion before, there were two single cylindered engines, one Tecumseh and Briggs, both with same wiring set up, when the twin cylindered Briggs engine was fitted, it effected both ignition units, I was just curious and like to know why so know what not to connect to cause a expensive mistake, I ran an early car for some years using its original trembler coil, had done just under a thousand miles and decided for reliability to fit a modern made replacement with superior insulation and components?, within only a short while the timing wiper had arced, scored and then sort of filed its way into the original 100 year old rotor nearly destroying it, against the purists made up a electronic switching unit, so the original wiper done the ignition timing and the electronic unit controlled the trembler, without thinking while testing my setup was using a small battery charger instead of a battery, ok on the circuit but put it direct on trembler, what ever it back fed it instantly blew the two diode’s in the charger, on the photo I posted on side of the starter solenoid they fitted a condenser? or something for a reason as never seen any other solenoid with anything. I still have a few trembler coils ideal for testing spark plugs for insolation leaks.