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Magneto Maintenance

PostPosted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 11:55 pm
by Skygeezer
My Sonex has a Great Plains 2180 cc engine serial number 071403-0113FDIC. The engine has about 150 hours. Lately during preflight run-up the magneto has been showing about 150 RPM drop when switched from "Both" to "Mag". Up till now, the drop has been 50 RPM or less. I would like to check the points and their gap, but I can't find any information on this in my Engine Assembly Manual. On the page for Scheduled Maintenance, at Magneto it says "See magneto section", but my manual does not have a magneto section.

I would appreciate any information anyone can provide on magneto maintenance and point gap.

Skygeezer

Re: Magneto Maintenance

PostPosted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 8:18 am
by Mike53

Re: Magneto Maintenance

PostPosted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 5:48 pm
by mooneybum
I would think you should check the timing between the two ignition systems first I have the almost same engine with over
400 hours on it and the mag shows no problems.

Re: Magneto Maintenance

PostPosted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 6:25 pm
by Skygeezer
Thank you very much. It was a major help to get access to the maintenance manual. From what I've read so far, it does sound like timing is the first thing to check.