Hello:
I picked up 70E for $20. It's all intact and looks pretty good other than it has never really been cleaned. The original owner said it ran up until last year. This is my first 70E. I have several 621's. I was going to check for spark and when I pulled the spark plug cap off the whole wire came with it. Then I took the rewind off to see that the plastic flywheel has disintegrated. If am lucky enough to find a flywheel, I have a couple questions. Am I able to just screw a new wire into the coil? Also, the coil doesn't appear to have a pick up on it to set an air gap. Never seen a system like this. The coil is attached to the rewind cover. Looks like a brass or copper nub on the cover lines up with one on the block. Each has a wire going to it. I see no magnets on the flywheel itself. Do I need to just screw an new flywheel fan and it should run. If I replace the plug wire, it looks like it should run, other than I shouldn't run it too long because of a lack of cooling? I see a guy on Ebay is selling 3-D printed flywheel fans. Has anyone tried one? Thanks for all the help.
I picked up 70E for $20. It's all intact and looks pretty good other than it has never really been cleaned. The original owner said it ran up until last year. This is my first 70E. I have several 621's. I was going to check for spark and when I pulled the spark plug cap off the whole wire came with it. Then I took the rewind off to see that the plastic flywheel has disintegrated. If am lucky enough to find a flywheel, I have a couple questions. Am I able to just screw a new wire into the coil? Also, the coil doesn't appear to have a pick up on it to set an air gap. Never seen a system like this. The coil is attached to the rewind cover. Looks like a brass or copper nub on the cover lines up with one on the block. Each has a wire going to it. I see no magnets on the flywheel itself. Do I need to just screw an new flywheel fan and it should run. If I replace the plug wire, it looks like it should run, other than I shouldn't run it too long because of a lack of cooling? I see a guy on Ebay is selling 3-D printed flywheel fans. Has anyone tried one? Thanks for all the help.