Firestone 1946 3.5 ignition questions

[Carl Wassersleben]

Sigh. I’m struggling with this 1946 Firestone. I installed a new coil and condenser. The coil if from Dennis Carpenter and a replacement for the Wico coil that was falling apart. I had some intermittent spark if I wiggled the mag plate. Thought it was a bad ground. that wasn’t it, checked the points several times, replaced the condenser several times with known good parts. Still no spark. I’m starting to question the magnets on the flywheel. Does anyone out there know how to remagnatize a flywheel of is there someone out there who does remagnatize? So far I’ve rebuilt the powerhead, cleaned the tower, rebuilt the carburetor, painted the entire unit. If I can get the mag sorted out. it’s a good runner. I’m also in need of a good, straight fuel tank. The one it came with leaks and has many dents in it.

[seakaye12]

I’ve always believed that if,  when the flywheel is up-side-down on the table….if you place a typical screwdriver against the magnets and it grabs and holds it….your magnets are OK.

Have you check the points for insulator-block breakdown?  When then are dis-connected do they read zero or close ohms when closed …..and when they are open do they read “open”. ?

Is your spark plug wire new and/or in good condition?  Did you ohm-test that?

Do you have access to a Merc-o-Tronic or Stevens coil tester?  Ohm testing a coil is good but not entirely conclusive.

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