Re: 1940 356 Ignition coil

Posted by HH56 On 2018/4/28 20:26:18

Have you checked with David Flack (flackmaster at sbcglobal point net) to see if he might have a coil? He mentioned some time back that there might be period looking substitutes to the expensive originals some of the vendors have.

If you do replace with a modern coil, depending on the brand of the original coil the bottom or cup the armored cable goes into will either be held by bent over tabs which need to straighten to let the cup remove or by some small dimples on the coil housing which requires the cup to twist off like a screw top bottle cap. Once the cup is off there is a single terminal on the bottom of the coil. Remove the wire from the terminal and if it extends enough out of the cup or there is slack to reroute the armored cable it may be long enough to bring forward and attach to the new coil terminal location. If not a short length will need to be spliced on.

The Napa IC-7 is a universal 6v modern coil which works well. Unfortunately there is no provision for any way to secure the cup and cable to the coil so you will need to tie wrap it or provide some other means to keep it fixed in position so the wire doesn't get damaged or pulled.