OK this magneto has been in an English shed for years, but "isolating"
secondary and putting a Megger between HT coil and frame shows 5M ohm to
start with
, drifting up to 100M , no good with intended KV around.

The capacitor, sorry, condenser measures 0.36uF which is presumably about
right value, anyone know what value and type of capacitor to replace it with
?

Still not managed to free the bobbin retainer roll pin yet though

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