Eismann Magnetos

[VanDy]

I have stumbled across 3 Eismann cases, only the lower portion, with data tags attached even. 2 have the rotor buttons that look acceptable from just a quick glance. I'm going to go through them better this week, but I have first dibs on them. The story is that a widow owns them, and a friend of mine is renting her hangar and has been charged with selling the contents and getting the widow a fair price. I have no idea where to start on what a fair price is, and dont want to rip anyone off. Any ideas on a price? Or any tribe members need one?

[astjp2]

Re: Eismann Magnetos

Good cores to turn in for slicks. Beyond that, maybe 50 each to use as rebuildable cores..Tim

[Hank Jarrett]

Re: Eismann Magnetos

If you are thinking of using them for cores, please don't. We can put together a core for you after we salvage ANY usable parts from the ones you have. I even keep the screws. Slick just tosses them in the trash to get them out of the system. They DO NOT rebuild them.
Hank

[Robert Lees]

Re: Eismann Magnetos

I think they are excellent mags. I service/overhaul them here in the UK for friends with A-65's.

VanDy, by "lower portion" do you mean everything except the Bakelite cap? And what do you mean by "rotor buttons"?

Certainly don't have them smashed up (which is what happens with a "core exchange" from S***k).

Rob

[lawheelock]

Re: Eismann Magnetos

Don't throw them away or use for cores. They are very good magnetos, only have one AD on the coils and are easier to work on than any of the others.
My first T-craft had unshielded Eisemanns and I flew it for 5 years and 500 hours without a moment of trouble. My Stinson I bought in 1968 had shielded Eisemanns on the Franklin 150 that gave very little trouble in over 3500 hours. The LA-6s had platinum breaker points that lasted forever. The only trouble I ever had was the capacitors sometimes broke down with heat after many, many hours and I had one that the bakelite cap had a carbon track that shorted between two plugs (on the LA6s) after it had been in storage for a couple of years and probably got a build up of dust that initiated the problem.
Fresno air parts still has most of the parts and the manuals for them. They are a much, much better mag than the Slicks (which are the latest version of the Case mags) and easier to work on than Bendix mags.
Larry Wheelock, A&P, IA, Taylorcraft N96179 (purchased as a damaged plane with new Slicks) , Stinson 108 now with O-360 with Bendix mags and Mooney M20C with Bendix mags

[N96337]

Re: Eismann Magnetos

Yep, like Larry said! I'd take them over Slick or Bendix any day too!!

[VanDy]

Re: Eismann Magnetos

I have no intention of letting them go to the trash

Yes, the bakelite caps are not with them, though they might be stumbled upon later. I meant the distributor rotor, sorry for the poor terminology!


The metal electrodes inside the bakelight caps, is there a way to recondition those?

I think they are excellent mags. I service/overhaul them here in the UK for friends with A-65's.

VanDy, by "lower portion" do you mean everything except the Bakelite cap? And what do you mean by "rotor buttons"?

Certainly don't have them smashed up (which is what happens with a "core exchange" from S***k).

Rob

[Robert Lees]

Re: Eismann Magnetos

I have no intention of letting them go to the trash

Yes, the bakelite caps are not with them, though they might be stumbled upon later. I meant the distributor rotor, sorry for the poor terminology!


The metal electrodes inside the bakelight caps, is there a way to recondition those?

Not to my knowledge, apart from cleaning them up a little....they are cast in. Of course they erode with use, as does the rotor electrode.

I think both these parts may be available as NOS from Fresno, because when Eisemann were in business, these were originally considered to be "service parts".

The hard-to-get items are the cast body (Housing P/No H27-140 (unshielded)) and Breaker End Plate (P/No H27-462 for the AM unshielded model and H27-156 for the LA shielded model), all of these assume 4-cylinder versions, as against the LA-6 which is the 6-cylinder version.

I'd be happy to make an offer, bearing in mind that this would be "sight-unseen", but I'm not interested in entering a bidding war. In fairness to the Widow, it might be worth trying an on-line auction site to see if there is a wider interest.

Rob