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On 29 Oct 97, scott a keck wrote: > >I thought only engines with generators/alternators and batteries could > >have electronic ignition. Aren't most of them are still some > >variation on the original magneto (which uses points?) All of my > >small engines have points, but most people don't know that they are > >in there, hidden under the flywheel. > > > >Of course most of these engines are older than my T3s ;-) > Briggs and Straton has been using electronic ignition for years. > They even have a kit to update older engines to electronic > ignition... And it's cheap!!! My B&S small engine manual was ony inches away, so I pulled it out and found reference to 3 ignition systems which they use: a MAGNETRON transistor unit, a flywheel type, and the MAGNA-MATIC. You must mean the Magnetron since this is called a transistor unit. I looked to see if there was any explanation of how this worked, but I can't find anything. They refer to it as "no moving parts", but it seems like there are still points invoved; is this correct? I'm not convinced that this would fit within my definition of an "electronic ignition" but I agree that this is at least a grey area. Can you describe how they work? It looks to me like at most it would be a transistor triggered magneto where the transistor is just triggered by the points or more subtlely by a second magnetic pickup or something like that...? Jim --------------------------------------------------------------------- Melissa Kepner Jim Adney Laura Kepner-Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin ---------------------------------------------------------------------