My Blitz's

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Scott Hamilton

Yes please Phil, if you could post those diagrams.

I do have parts and maintenance manuals which only have the versions with the bushing at the rear of the generator and without the air filter.

How do I go about polarising the magnets ? - as there is no mention of magnets in the parts description, unless you mean the generator pole shoe that the coil is fitted around?

Scott

The field coils are wound around a hunk of cast iron . The iron needs an amount of residual magnetism in order for the generator to " start up" , once it gets going . This magnetism is polarised in either of two ways . If you have a NEG ground system, the coils need to be polarised for a NEG ground .

You normally just touch a wire from the battery HOT SIDE to the field coil terminal , this is enough to polarise the coils

MIKE