Electronic Ignition Conversion Keeps Old Welder Welding

Electronic Ignition Conversion Keeps Old Welder Welding FARM SHOP Welders/Torches 64 Clifford Byer converted the Wisconsin V-4 engine on his Lincoln arc welder to electronic ignition when a distributor and magneto were no longer available Along the way he also learned to cast aluminum
    “I knew that Chrysler and Wisconsin parts matched up pretty well so I started with an electronic ignition system from an older Chrysler V-8 ” says Byer
    The older electronic ignition system still used points but the V-4 only needed half of them Byer ground out the extra points leaving the ones needed for the V-4 firing order
    He had to make a few slight modifications such as filing down a flat spot on the stem so the Autolite rotor would slide on
    He wired up the module with the Chrysler coil and ran into a problem The Wisconsin distributor was cast iron and the coil kept picking up stray current and firing on different cylinders
    With the help of a neighbor and the use of his forge Byer cast an aluminum replacement “I welded some washers and pipes together that were slightly bigger than the cast distributor ” he says “We melted down aluminum scrap and poured it into the mold When it cooled I milled out the new distributor It worked like a charm ”
    Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Clifford Byer Box 201 Alonsa Manitoba Canada R0H 0A0 ph 204 767-2159

To read the rest of this story, download this issue below or click here to register with your account number.