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Moxie26
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- Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 8:20 pm
- First Name: Robert
- Last Name: Jablonski
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1926 Runabout
- Location: New Jersey
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- Board Member Since: 1999
Re: 25 coils
As a new Forum member, wouldn't hurt to have them all checked. Common faults..... capacitor leaks, coil points wear, lose calibration ,and get stuck with debris.
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WillyR
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- First Name: Vilhelm
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Re: 25 coils
I got excited thinking you had 25 coils laying around....
as long as the test and calibrate fine I wouldn't worry about them.
as long as the test and calibrate fine I wouldn't worry about them.
Sent from the panic room, via two tin cans attached with a string, and a jail broken Marconi, while wearing a Tin Foil hat.
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Moxie26
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- Board Member Since: 1999
Re: 25 coils
Chances are that your coils are not the original ones provided when the car was built. Different owners during the years had their hands into it. Changing and replacing things leaking. Melted outside the box tar usually indicates an overheated coil could be due to a bad timer, shorted timer wire, bad internal wiring.
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Jerry VanOoteghem
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Re: 25 coils
Does it appear as if the tar leaked out recently? The coil is most likely 100 years old. The tar may have leaked out 75 years ago. How bad is it? If it works fine, I would continue to use it.
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BenLocke
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- First Name: Ben
- Last Name: Locke
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- Location: ponder
Re: 25 coils
Re-wiring the car also. The harness, coil box, and coils appear to be unmolested to me.
Worn brittle and bare wires everywhere.
Intermittent no start, but when it decides to start runs smoothly.
Worn brittle and bare wires everywhere.
Intermittent no start, but when it decides to start runs smoothly.