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Kill switch

Post by BobShirleyAtlantaTx » Tue Mar 09, 2021 3:25 pm

Is it ok to ground the mag to kill the motor on the test stand?
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Re: Kill switch

Post by Jim Sims » Tue Mar 09, 2021 3:44 pm

Should be fine. about 90 percent of all mags are shut off by grounding them.
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Re: Kill switch

Post by Humblej » Tue Mar 09, 2021 4:52 pm

You would do better to shut it down by leaning out the mixture at the carb and leave the mag alone.
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Re: Kill switch

Post by speedytinc » Tue Mar 09, 2021 5:08 pm

Pull choke full on. if you dont want to lose your carburator adjustment.
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Re: Kill switch

Post by Corey Walker » Tue Mar 09, 2021 5:43 pm

I never use a battery so before I found a coil box with a switch on the front, i ran a wire from the mag post to a house light switch to turn it on and off.
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Re: Kill switch

Post by Dan Hatch » Tue Mar 09, 2021 5:55 pm

Find a single pole double throw switch and you can run mag or battery. Dan
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Re: Kill switch

Post by kmatt2 » Tue Mar 09, 2021 10:24 pm

I see that you are set up to kill the mag to the back of the engine. That may be ok, but for a more positive shut down I would just use a alligator clip at the mag post to attach the coil box wire to the mag post. For shit down just unclipt the wire from mag post. The original Ford switch was, on / off, not mag to ground.
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Re: Kill switch

Post by HalSched » Tue Mar 09, 2021 11:28 pm

Don't ever allow battery current (DC) to go to the magnito post. Just break the circuit to kill the engine
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