Slick magneto parts ??

I just bought a new-old-stock government surplus magneto. It's a Slick model #56. It was used for military Continental engines and I'm hoping to stick it on my Oliver HG with the Hercules IXB-3 engine.

I'm wondering down the road if any parts are available? I know that Slick used to make the magnetos for Case tractors and parts are scarce for those things. Slick still makes very expensive mags for light aircraft but I find no info on the Slick #56 mag.

My HG has a Fairbanks Morse FMJ on it now and I assume the coil is going bad. It will run for 2-3 hours and then skip, and die. Once cool will run for 2-3 hours again. I could buy a new coil (and will) but wish to avoid down-time. I'm figuring on installing this Slick mag and then fixing the FMJ mag for a spare.

One other related question. I have a Wico battery distributor - made to take the place of a flange-mount, tang-drive magneto. Model XB4B. I can't find listings for parts anywhere. Maybe it shares some parts with Wico magnetos - but I'd like to know for sure.

Here's the new Slick mag . .

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Ive never purchased from him but my departed friend Duane Larson bought mag parts from and recommended Bill if hes still in business, yes some of the Wico mag parts are the same for the X mag and XB distributor........

The drive lugs and mount on the mag you show sure resembles the Wico used on two cylindeer Deeres

http://www.magnetoparts.com/index.html

John T
Mag Parts

Thanks. I tried him a while back. Nothing listed on his Web catalog for the Wico mag. I sent him an email an never got a reply.

I know Deere used the Wico XB distributors on some two cylinder tractors. This is for a four cylinder model but maybe some parts are the same. I'd like to get a new cap and points for it. Coil is bad but I want to hook up an outside oil-filled coil anyway.

Mag rebuilders I know buy from Standard Magneto...

Deere used the XB Distributor on Model B's SN 268820 to 310772

John T
Standard Magneto

Try condensor if it has one. Dave