i've went through 3 new mags in the last 2 month with a maimum of 4 hours of running time. i bought 2 a couple of months ago and 1 was bad when i got it. the other lasted maybe a total of 1.5 hours. it left us almost and had to keep cranking it over and over to get back to the ramp. i ordered a new mag and it lasted a couple of short trips and when i put the heat pad under the intake and it shorted out the miss started again. took it apart and found nothing.tested condenser with analog meter and showed good.checked the points and they were like new. so we went out again last night for some more frog gigging and it started the random miss and would buck and jerk when you opened the gas. so we headed back to the boat ramp and made it within a hundred feet of ramp and died and wouldn't start. i had ordered another new mag a week ago and just got it in. it came with the plug wires so i bought a new set of factory plugs and put the new mag on and plugs in and it ran perfect. i had taken the plugs out last night to make sure they haden't fouled out. they looked perfect and all the aluminum particles was gone even on no 4 where it was covered with aluminum particles from running lean before. i don't mind buying something i need but this is just throwing money away. i read on an aircraft forum that the slick mag was known for an early death and a lot were caused by a faulty condenser (capacitor) going bad but i've seen prices of 30 dollars to over a hundred dollars just for the condenser. they say they will check good today and be bad tomorrow with no warning. it would seem that more 084 owners would have said something about these mags . only one i know of was papee having a bad mag but it was the other brand. not a slick mag. i'm going to try to find an alternative condenser for the slick mag and see if that is the problem with the box full of mags i have. there saying after a long time sitting the condenser will absorbe moisture and cause them to short out in a short peroid. sounds like a good explanation for what has happened to me.
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