Echo what Steve posted - heat is the enemy of capacitors and heat is a by product of generating electricity ina magneto. Novi magnetos are not vented so the replacement would cook like the original one did.
Only three wires at the external coil, the bonding strap which is attached to one of the mounting studs, the spark plug wire, and the grey primary wire. Only one spade terminal on the Novi coils, which is for the primary wire. You can strip a little insulation on the grey wire, splice on the pigtail from the condenser, solder if you wish, then tape it, or use shrink tube, or goop it with RTV.
> Stephen Keller Wrote:
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> They don't like heat, and it gets hot in there, external keeps them
> lasting a while, and easy to replace.
> Phil Burtner Wrote:
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> OK, I apologize for all the questions, but to me, this is really
> complicated, and I don't really understand it. Check that, I understand
> it just enough to be dangerous!
>
> So I will need to open the magneto to either remove or disconnect the
> faulty condenser. Then while I'm in there, I clean and adjust the
> points and close it back up. Then I attach the new condenser to the
> coil mount and attach the condenser lead to the coil primary terminal.
> Will a newbie like me be able to recognize the primary terminal (with
> there be a + on it)? Will I need to solder or is attached by a screw?
>
> I'm wondering why I would not replace the condenser in its current
> location? Is it a bitch to remove?
>
> THX!!!