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Hi guys, I’m needing some direction on how to wire up this Kingston Coil Box:
Here’s the materials I’m using:

Kingston coil box (repo) to accept later style coils. My coils fit very snugly inside.
Fun Projects coil contact set
Repo Kingston coil switch

Questions:
What kind of wire do I use?
How is the switch wired?
What wires go where in the grooves?

Pictures/drawings would be helpful if you have any

Mike,

In late 2021 I built a similar box for our 1911 restoration, except I used a replica Heinze box and switch. Lang's sells the insulated wire that you need. You will need to solder three of the wires. I used the Vowell art as a guide for the wiring. I must have done it correctly, because the T starts and runs well! I hope that this helps.

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Nice application! ..... Preserve that wood along with your ignition coils, I would suggest coating with boiled linseed oil to keep that wood in tip top shape.

If you live in a humid area and want to have mildew problems with wood, boiled linseed oil is the perfect choice to attain that.

I learned that the hard way while restoring wood windows on a historic home in Florida. A simple internet search would have saved me tons of grief. Every window thus treated prior to painting, was black with mildew in 6 months. It turns out that Boiled Linseed Oil is a near-perfect food for naturally occurring mildew. There is no subsequent coating which will provide a barrier between the treated wood and ambient moisture/humidity. Windows that were not treated still looked great 6 years later when I sold the place.

Boiled linseed oil and shellac make a wonderful French polish on furniture. Boiled linseed oil on anything outdoors or stored in an enclosed area subjected to humidity can be an unmitigated disaster and there is no stripping or mitigation that can happen to undo it. Once it's on, it's on.