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"Sold a mid-80's crossflow

"Sold a mid-80's crossflow flywheel to someone on Ebay. Made sure the magnets were intact, and that it was in good shape. Buyer says there is an inner ring missing, some type of flange, which also has a magnet which controls the trigger. Says it is common for these to fall off, and they can't be reinstalled due to the fact that the timing cannot be re-established. I know it is common for the stator magnets to come loose, and need to be re-attached. Never heard of any of this before. Is this true?"
 
The inner portion of those fly

The inner portion of those flywheels have a magnatized epoxied type setup with a metal ring surrounding it. The metal ring has two slots which are the positive and negative magnet areas that energize the sensors on the timer base.

I've seen cases where that epoxy would meld down to a degree for some reason but I've never seen the metal ring actually come off.

Hopefully you marked the flywheel in some manner so that you will recognize the return as your original flywheel.
 
"Thank you Mr. Reeves. My nex

"Thank you Mr. Reeves. My next question is that in diagnosing ignition problems, I don't recall ever seeing trigger magnet failure as being something to check. Is this rare?"
 
"The trigger magnet, being the

"The trigger magnet, being the center ring being spoke of eariler....... since around 1973, I've only come across three failures. I'd say it's a rare occurrence."
 
"Loose inner ring is nothing n

"Loose inner ring is nothing new to me. Nothing common, but seen it happened a couple of times. There is no spec how to put it back, but using another flywheel as reference may solve the problem."
 
"As always, thanks for taking

"As always, thanks for taking the time to lend your expertise. Very much appreciated."
 
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