[Milsurplus] PE-95-2 Generator Help

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 14 Jun 2006 at 18:02, n2lxm at juno.com wrote:

> Greetings All,
> 
>         Our local radio club's PE-95-C Gen set is in need of some
>         help. 
> We want to use it for Field Day, but it had not been run for over two
> years. I was able to turn the motor over using the hand crank, so we
> know the engine is O.K.. But I did not get any spark off the Magneto,
> after some detective work I found the capacitor used in the magneto is
> bad. I clipped leaded in one I had from a lawn more and cranked the
> engine and got spark. Now the question is when do you find parts for a
> 1942 era magneto ?. From the TM we have it shows the magneto to be a
> Wico type, sealed unit. does anyone know of a source for parts. If
> push come's to shove I just may mount a cap out side the magneto and
> run a wire in through the shut down wire's grommet. any and all help
> will be greatly appreciated. Thank You.

I am trying to remember: is the PE-95 that single-cylinder, 2500 
watt, belt-driven job, or is it the much larger 10KW job with the 
"Jeep" engine in it?

If it is the latter, then engine is a common one used in MANY, 
MANY combines and other farm equipment. 

It is a standard industrial engine of some kind.

I found every part I needed for one of those I re-built for fellow to 
haul up to the Juneau Icefield Research Project at our local Farm 
Supply outlet.

If it is the smaller, 2500 watt job, as I remember THAT one, it didn't 
HAVE a separate magneto, but that was built into the flywheel 
housing like on a modern lawnmower engine.

Furthermore, it used a "pre-combustion" chamber into which the 
spark plug mounted,

Ken W7EKB