Hot magneto - newly refurbished...

Previously David Cooper wrote:

Not a good evening. I had my K2F refurbished at the same time as the mag for my 16H just 2 years ago. The 16H works perfectly, but this spring I fitted the K2F back onto the Dommie and retired the RITA. But now I'm back to hot mag failure. After about 20 miles it starts to misfire - and then cuts dead. After an hour or two it starts first kick. So what's up? RITA might have to make her return. I even wonder if the original condensor is lying there deep inside in parallel with the new solid one. Dommie is back in the garage in disgrace...

I would contact the person who did refurbishment. It may be that the new condenser failed. I read somewhere that if electrical comments last a few hours, they will probably last almost a lifetime. Failure in that first few hours is known ( I think ) as juvenile failure. You may have a case of that.

Previously David Cooper wrote:

Not a good evening. I had my K2F refurbished at the same time as the mag for my 16H just 2 years ago. The 16H works perfectly, but this spring I fitted the K2F back onto the Dommie and retired the RITA. But now I'm back to hot mag failure. After about 20 miles it starts to misfire - and then cuts dead. After an hour or two it starts first kick. So what's up? RITA might have to make her return. I even wonder if the original condensor is lying there deep inside in parallel with the new solid one. Dommie is back in the garage in disgrace...

Hello Dave.... I would have a word with your refurbisher..... Alternatively you could try a 'brightspark' capacitor replacement . check out brightsparkmagnetos.com Colin