Vertex OXC Magneto? I surender

[Chaparral2f]

I have just spent the last week trying to get my engine to fire on the magneto. This has been one of those really frustrating times, not to mention expensive. $105 for plug wires, $70 for a timing buzzer, $80 for a set of points and still I am plugging in a stock distributor while the mag gets sent off to Don Zig. This thing is making me even crazier that i was in the first place.. If I don't use it I'm going to have to put out another $200 for a new Tach. A couple months ago I got installation instructions from the Taylor Vertex website, but they were in pdf and so the diagrams wouldn't print. Yesterday I went back to their site and all I could find was "under construction". Does anyone have experience with a Vertex OXC Magneto? All the engine does is backfire through the intake, then through the exhaust. I know that it isn't 180 degrees out because I've checked it about a dozen times. I'm not sure if the coil is wired up correctly or if it is even putting out enough. By now I'm not even sure what questins to ask. Please somebody help, or else come by and put me out of my misery.

[Tony D]

You should be able to print any of the pdf document files from Adobe Acrobat. I have Version 6.0 (free download) and I print stuff from .pdf's on websites all thetime. I recall that I couldn't always do this, or couldn't save them either.

 

I also added a program called paperport which lets me save them to another .pdf file on my computer 9via the print command) and hten manipulate them from there.

 

I know this is not a direct answer to your problem, but if printingthe diagrams would help, then it's helpful information, isn't it! I know holding the paper in my hand makes it easier for me to follow wires and routing than watching it on a screen.

 

On the VW's I equipped with the Vertex, the impulse coupling would sometimes have slop in it making initial timing setting a bear. On our engines I would always VERIFY TDC and never trust anything on the pulley---that could cause a problem too.

Due to the lag at hand cranks speed, the impulse coupling sometimes would lead people to have the ignition wires installed on the cap out of phase---usually one position off.

 

When it comes to these kinds of problems, I usually walk away for a day, then return with the book and start at step one and walk through it like I never did it before---never assuming anything is correct. Never thinking I did ANYTHING correct in the initial setup no matter how many times I checked it prior.

 

Not saying anything against you, but in my experience, I never cease to amaze myself how many stupid things I have done or glossed over when in a rush or overconfidence! I am a total idiot sometimes (in retrospect, of course!LOL)

 

Good Luck. I know how that goes. I have been on the Megasquirt for almost a year now and finally I drove the car to the end of the block and back. Igniton interface can be trying at times.