Andrew Guttman, Priory Magnetos of Macclesfield, was the recommendation of Scottish Vet.& Vintage Club members.
Fault fixed, an errant paper washers under the points retaining screw effectively insulated the points from the low tension windings; will be re-united with the '49 Norton ES2 this weekend ...

Aye Simon, Cairngorms National Park, East side.

Dear All,

Any recommendation for a Lucas MagDynamo (MO1L - 3LM) repair ?
The mag. requires re-magnetising and possibly capacitor replacement and the dynamo less than 1 volt output.
Both on my Norton ES2 but the same combination used on some Ariel singles.

Thanks.

Aye Ivor,
This discussion on petroil ratios brings to mind my racing days with the two strokes, the Greeves Silverstone was 16:1 using Castrol R40 but graduating to Yamaha's TZs then 30:1 using the semi synthetic Castrol A747. Some lads made the mistake of increasing the oil ratio to lengthen ...

Dear All,
In 1966 I ran my Golden Arrow at 16:1 using Castrol R40, come 2024 the newly acquired Golden Arrow is on a ratio of 50:1 using Millers Motorsport KR2T, an oil and ratio I've used for several years in the Husqvarna chain saws I own and maintain for others.
The advances in oil quality over ...