Continuing the story in my Legacy with the rebuilt starter adapter which is now installed and works really well with the new old-style TCM starter.  My initial impression now that it is installed is that the adapter is an easy rebuild provided you have the arbor press and proper tools for bearing removal and pressing in the drawn bearings.   It would be a great little project to machine a set of these press tools but perhaps they are out there already since this has to be a common tool.  The drawings are on the sites for Timken and others manufacturers.

Magnetos:  Both Magnetos had to go back on and I've never timed them before so it took me a few days to get the equipment and make sure I did everything correctly.  Today, with the help of Ed Martin we timed the newly IRAN'd mags to 22 degrees BTDC and then tested everything by hand to make sure we had sparks and in the right order.  we rotated all by hand for a while just to make sure everything went well and because I had that previous Niagara adapter problem.  I then had an idea to review a past LML note about resistors in Champion spark plugs.  The top plugs were removed so I decided to check them for fun.

Out of the top 6 plugs, the resistances were 65,000 ohms to 2.5 Megohms.   A few sites suggest 1500 ohms is normal and 5000 would be the upper limit.  I did not test the bottom six plugs.  They are probably original plugs with 500 hours, massives and I guess Chapter 7 means new plugs which are probably overdue.

Tomorrow we put fuel to the io550 and see how things work.   Plugs on order.

Paul
Spruce Creek