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I'm getting ready to haul my 710M to Tennessee, and looked all over to find the center of gravity without luck. I have some gear in the back of the Pinz, and am on a flat bed dual axle seven-ton trailer. The auxiliary fuel tank is just forward of the center of the the two trailer axles, and that was...

It's the version one starter. Thanks for the info.

I pulled out the starter out of my Pinz to replace the mounting plate, and thought since it was out I'd take it to a starter rebuilder to check it out. The guy who rebuilt the starter on my '46 Willys said he could look it over if I got him the specs. I looked all over the forum and elsewhere but co...

Thanks for the info. The noise started recently so hopefully the starter didn't get damaged.

I was checking around the motor looking for a squeak and found that the starter has some side-to-side play. The top and bottom nuts were snug, but I loosened them and re-tightened them with no change. I looked through the manual to see if there should be shims but there was no mention and the pictur...

Does anyone sell the soft door tops?

On a somewhat related note, I got my cylinders rebored about four years ago, and the machine shop told me to run 10/30 after break-in. I've put about 1000 km on the engine since then. Any reason to change to a heavier grade oil now or stick with the 10/30?

I received the new coil from EI yesterday, and after installation the Pinz runs perfectly. Thanks for all of the useful input.

Thanks Jimm for the very well considered answer. I never fully understood the inner workings of the coil, but your answer makes it clear. I'll replace the coil and report on the results.

I checked the cranking voltage and here's what I got: Coil (-) while cranking: 9.3v max (variable) Coil (+) while cranking: 21.5v I checked the Petronix connections and they are solid and the wires in good shape. I checked the coil ground and it is good. The magnet has the correct gap, the plugs wir...

Thanks for the advice. I'll do the voltage test while cranking and check the Petronix connections.

I've never had a coil just go dead before. With voltage coming in but nothing out it seems to be the coil, but I'd like to hear from anyone out there if it could be something else.

The power to the coil is 24.8v. Forgot to mention that.

Tried to start the Pinz this morning and it turned over fine but would not hit on any cylinder. Fuel is flowing to the cylinders. I put a spark tester on the coil wire and am not getting anything. I also checked each plug wire and am not getting anything there, either. The wires leading to the coil ...

Thanks for the info. One less thing to buy.