Sorry, Steve.....I'm utterly worthless on this topic.
Sounds like you've hit an unexpected snag?
Jim
you could say that.
I have had nearly-new magnetos in a box since I bought them pre-emptively 3-ish years ago (since mine had no documented history of service in 1800 hours). I thought the gears were on them... but when the engine guy opened the box, no gears. I looked back at the sale communications and sure enough, "no gears" was stated.
Rats.
As some may be aware, I sold my core engine, and bought one from the west coast - TT was 6000+ hours, but most major parts were overhauled & ready for assembly... but what I really liked were the new cylinders that came with it (ECI Titan Cerminil).
Most of the big parts ended up being sold because I also bought another younger engine from a member here (same engine the mags came from), and then overhauled those parts to be built into a complete engine. Unfortunately, the magneto gears somehow lost their way. So I sent my builder the gears from the west-coast engine, but he took one look at them and said they were too worn. This guy has done nothing but re-build aircraft engines for 30+ years so he's seen a few gears - if he says they're no good, I have to trust him.
There's a very small chance Josh has them at his place - he's checking. But neither of us recall coming across them when we first inventoried the engine parts. So... that has me in search of a good set of gears. If nothing turns up by tomorrow, I'll be buying a new set. Another grand I'd rather spend on an ILS indicator or new seats, but none of that is any good if I don't have gears to drive the mags.
