Pietenpol-List: Bendix mag harness
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:07 am
Original Posted By: "gbowen(at)ptialaska.net"
Pieters;After endless fiddling with trying to replace one of the spark plug leads on my left mag, unsuccessfully, I've come to the conclusion that I don't want to fly behind a mag harness that I've Mickey-Mouse'd together. Can someone recommend a good shop or parts house that can work with me on a new harness? It's a Bendix S4RN-20 mag. The magneto ends of the wires have small screw-on springs that I believe are what Slick uses, this makes it easy to remove the wires from the plate that holds the ends of the wires and also the orange-brown insulating gasket that goes behind the plate. I have these parts off and can send them to a shop to install new ignition leads in it rather than have to buy a new plate and insulator. A harness with plate and all is more than $250 from what I see in the catalogs and I'd like to cut that way down.This is for an A-65, lower plugs, and I understand that with the new flexible ignition wiring and no tight cowl, I can dispense with the metal elbows at the spark plug ends but I'm still learning. I ordered the "Magneto book" from Sacramento Sky Ranch to help educate myself on these babies.Oscar ZunigaSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________
Pieters;After endless fiddling with trying to replace one of the spark plug leads on my left mag, unsuccessfully, I've come to the conclusion that I don't want to fly behind a mag harness that I've Mickey-Mouse'd together. Can someone recommend a good shop or parts house that can work with me on a new harness? It's a Bendix S4RN-20 mag. The magneto ends of the wires have small screw-on springs that I believe are what Slick uses, this makes it easy to remove the wires from the plate that holds the ends of the wires and also the orange-brown insulating gasket that goes behind the plate. I have these parts off and can send them to a shop to install new ignition leads in it rather than have to buy a new plate and insulator. A harness with plate and all is more than $250 from what I see in the catalogs and I'd like to cut that way down.This is for an A-65, lower plugs, and I understand that with the new flexible ignition wiring and no tight cowl, I can dispense with the metal elbows at the spark plug ends but I'm still learning. I ordered the "Magneto book" from Sacramento Sky Ranch to help educate myself on these babies.Oscar ZunigaSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________