magneto

[sgtbull]

Does anyone recognize this magneto? Would it fit a TO 20 or 30?

It was covered in gray paint when I got it.

 

[Anonymous-0]

It may be a war time ford I have seen them with a mag ,a Ferguson used a gear drive

 

[Duner Wi]

War time fords had a gear drive also via adapter to front mount distributor location . As far as I know the Wico was used on Ford 9N power units and Fairbanks Morse were used on tractors. The front mount adapters were different but same on the block side.

 

[trac]

I have the adapter for a ford front mount distributor for the mag. that won't fit it.

 

[Bob (Aust)]

To my knowledge magnetos were never an option on Ferguson tractors. It could probably be modified to suit a TO20 or TO30 but I'm not sure why one would bother to do that? If you are looking for a hotter spark, fit electronic ignition.

There are a lot of internet references to Wico magnetos, including the XV series and I see there is a manual for that magneto currently on EBay. The Google references don't say exactly what engines they were fitted to but a couple refer to "flat head" engines. Reading the references I suspect the magneto is probably pre World War II.

 

[Charles in Aus.]

The Ferguson stationary power plant often had a magneto in order to dispense with the need for a battery.

 

[Ian Beale]

Our grey Ferg somewhere in its career got an engine with a magneto.

Identified by John (UK) in an earlier post as coming from a hay baler.

The magneto is Lucas