My cousin picked up an old Tuff-bilt tractor which has an original Tecumseh 0H160 engine on it. I believe it was made in 1977. He drove it around the yard one time and turned it off. It would never start again!!! The engine all of a sudden lost its spark. I told him I would try to fix it for him so here is what I am dealing with. I took the flywheel off this afternoon and found all the magnets which were originally attached to the inside of the flywheel had broken loose. I have never seen this type of set up when I removed the flywheeel, all these little "modules" of wrapped wire. I am assuming it is for some sort of charging system on this engine? My question is, can I just glue the magnets onto the flywheel? It is so rusted I cannot see where they were originally. Do I just space them evenly or do they need to go in specific locations? I have rebuilt quite a few engines but I have never seen one like this, or had one with magnets that broke loose. any suggestions?
In the picture the magnets are magnetically attached to the "modules".
In the picture the magnets are magnetically attached to the "modules".