John Courte
Well Known Member
I've been debating bringing this up here, because it's truly embarrassing and the kind of thing that doesn't reflect well on my skills as a builder.
Last Saturday when I was retiming my mags (rt mag way off, lots of afterfiring) I left the timing pin inserted in the distributor block when I went to pull the prop through for buzz box timing. At this point, the right mag is totally inop. No backfiring or other indication that it's even working at all.
The "timing pin" in question was only a 3/32 pop rivet, but it was bent up pretty good when I finally extracted it.
What happens now? Have I ruined the magneto and just bought myself a $1000 lesson in checklists and details? In your experience, what's the usual damage from this kind of event?
thanks,
-John
Last Saturday when I was retiming my mags (rt mag way off, lots of afterfiring) I left the timing pin inserted in the distributor block when I went to pull the prop through for buzz box timing. At this point, the right mag is totally inop. No backfiring or other indication that it's even working at all.
The "timing pin" in question was only a 3/32 pop rivet, but it was bent up pretty good when I finally extracted it.
What happens now? Have I ruined the magneto and just bought myself a $1000 lesson in checklists and details? In your experience, what's the usual damage from this kind of event?
thanks,
-John