Honestly, dont take this the wrong way, but I didnt even read your whole post. I am not trying to be offensive, but either your grammar or something about the way you type makes it very difficult to read and understand everything you type sometimes. I didnt paint the magneto, I sprayed it with silicone, which I had done once already before I even installed this magneto, so I know its ok. I spraypainted the gasket, which is the thin piece of paper-like material that goes between the magneto cover and the engine. The reason why I painted it is because the last time it rained, I had noticed when I removed the cover to install a mini generator (which is like a second coil that can run lights or other accessories if one so desires), that water had gotten in the mag compartment and I believe the gasket was to blame, because it was soaked through. I think the gasket just absorbs water until it cant anymore, and the excess winds up in the magneto compartment. So the goal of painting the gasket was to make it waterproof, thusly keeping water out of the mag compartment completely.
From MT
I had seen others as well as you BBB talk about sealing the magneto directly. I also now realize you did not want help with that as it was solved. You wanted to know how to seal the cover and gasketing better for the magneto.
I jumped in to add probably way more than I should have since I was interested. Sorry that as you say I made it so what I wrote sometimes was hard to understand and that you did not read all I wrote.
From various post to this thread:
From Post #7 You, BBB mentioned this before "I sprayed the windings with it already, when I put a new mag on last time."
I, MT thought you were going to do this again as well as making a gasket for the cover better by spraying silicone on it.
2D, mentioned in post #5 “The trick is to get the gasket mating surfaces flat and for the gasket to seal properly. Also using a silicone sealer around the wire entry area will assure that water stays out. There is no advantage to waterproofing the mag coil. In fact any product that might conduct electricity, even a little, will negate any waterproffing attempt.”
You, BBB mentioned in post #12 ” So currently I am theorizing that silicone spray is sufficient for waterproofing a mag. I sprayed that stuff on my mag a good month ago at least.”
IH, mentioned in post #16 “Hi, u can seal ur stator coil by removing it & encapsuling in epoxy. 2 do real good, put it under a vacuum so the epoxy is drawn between the windings, tho just a thin coating on the outside will do. Make sure its completely dry when u do it. Cheers”
Sorry again! MT