Here we have a total magneto failure :
So Grasshopper, can you tell us what may have caused this ?
Can you discern a reason? When was it last overhauled? Is it a Bendix or Slick? Looks like a Bendix but not sure.
The picture is too dark cant see much.
C210_Flyer wrote:
Can you discern a reason? When was it last overhauled? Is it a Bendix or Slick?
It’s a Slick and it has @ 1100H TIS, but the probable cause has little to do with the TIS.
C210_Flyer wrote:
The picture is too dark cant see much.
That’s ‘cause it’s all burnt !
He probably leaned too much 
I improved it a bit:
achimha wrote:
He probably leaned too much
Master Po: Close your eyes. What do you hear?
Caine: I hear the water, I hear the birds.
Po: Do you hear your own heartbeat?
Caine: No.
Po: Do you hear the grasshopper which is at your feet?
Caine: Old man, how is it that you hear these things?
Po: Young man, how is it that you do not?
What we have here is a breaker points failure that caused the nylon gear to melt .
Breaker points fail when the capacitor fails.
This is perfectly described in the “The Magneto Ignition System” published by Sacramento Sky Ranch :
