Lynn Bartholomew was so beside himself there were almost two of him. He could NOT get the Hercules engine on the 22 W to run for more that just a couple of minutes. Potential causes were eliminated one by one over several days work by Lynn and Brian Bot until the magneto was determined to be the fault. So now what? The situation was really very simple. No parts, No magneto, No drilling. But this is Gods’ rig he remembered, so I’ll ask him. After prayer he made one phone call.

3700 miles away outside Olympia, Washington, Rod Bartholomew got the call. A magneto? Hercules engine? Where to even look for such a thing? Rod was on the highway near the capital so he stopped beside the road to make calls. First to Bucyrus Erie. Closed. Then to parts stores in Spokane. They didn’t act like they had ever heard of a magneto. He was fast running out of options. Time to talk to the master. After prayer, it came to him to call a friend in Idaho, Brett Mcardy. Brett had a rig like this and maybe he would have an idea. Brett answered the call immediately. After hearing of Lynn’s plight and (more…)