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I didn't see the debris myself but Eric said it was a bunch of oily lint, supposedly being shed by the transmission bands.

Norm,

I am interested in this but right now don't know what's involved with removing the hogs head. Can that be done with the engine still in the car? And will that allow enough access to actually see coil or conductor damage as you had seen?

Hi all, just now back from checking some things on Eric's T. I have a few updates but want to thank everyone for the helpful replies. Wanted to verify that Eric could get a shock from the coil housing input wire. He didn't think he had made contact with one of the spark output posts that are pretty ...

Eric just informed me that his coil box has no lid! I wonder what's keeping the four coils in place? We had better remove that coil box and go through it. I think we'd like to have it tested and tuned up or rebuilt if we don't find something right away. The nearest big town is Bakersfield, CA. Shoul...

As far as I know there is a lot of clearance between the spark plug wires and any other under-hood wires. So it could be a real issue for high voltage to appear on the coil primary side and wonder if that could short to ground if there were too close a clearance between magneto and ground parts of t...

Thanks all for the inputs. We are pretty sure that there isn't a problem with the switch because we have bypassed it with a jumper wire directly from the magneto post to the coil box input. Is it possible for something inside the coil box to come loose that affects running on magneto but not on batt...

Hi all, Actually it's my son Eric who has recently bought a 1923 Model T. He learned to drive it on the flats in Bakersfield, CA and then trailered it up to Frazier Park where driving is a bit more challenging because of the hills. He installed a set of Rocky Mountain brakes while still in Bakersfie...