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Magnetic Repair Service
Gene Boehler, 27299 W. Frontage Rd., Farmersville, Ill. 62533 (ph 217 227-3220): Gene has operated a welding shop for many years but he couldn't turn down the opportunity to take over a magneto repair service when a friend offered it to him. Once he took over, Gene found out the demand for rebuilt magnetos is strong. He gets calls from all over the country for everything from old-time hit and miss engines to an inventor trying to make two engines out of a single VW engine (the man was building an ultra-light airplane and he had to stay under a certain weight).
  Gene has a test bench for magnetos made from a hydrostatic drive from a lawn mower with forward and reverse variable speed drive. The unit being tested connects to a board equipped with wire terminals. Sparks jump across the terminals when the magneto is being tested.


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2011 - Volume #35, Issue #2