# How Do I Remagnatize a Magneto?
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**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [March 31, 2002, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-remagnatize-a-magneto/100993 "2002-03-31T00:44:34Z")
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### Author:  [@Hawthorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hawthorn)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2002, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-remagnatize-a-magneto/100993/1 "2002-03-31T00:44:34Z")
I have a McCulloch Blower Vac and I think that the Magneto has in effect gone kaput my question is how would I recharge the magnet? any help would be apriciated
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### Author:  [@Billy\_Rubin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy_Rubin)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2002, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-remagnatize-a-magneto/100993/2 "2002-03-31T01:02:59Z")
Take the cover off and see if a screwdriver will stick to the magnets on the flywheel. If it doesn’t, you need to replace it or have it remagnified; the equipment is a little spendy but some good small engine repair shops have them, as do some marine repair shops. I think if you find someone who repairs generators or small DC motors, you can remagnetize the poles with a device called a “growler”
Not the sort of thing one could easily build, or might have lying around the house.
Check your owners manual, too, or see if you can find a tech manual at the library or online; the commonest problem with those little suckers is that the coil loosens up and drifts away. It should probably be about the thickness of a matchbook cover away from the flywheel.
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