Re: Coil connections

Posted by Wat_Tyler On 2022/8/14 9:13:06

What you have sounds like what I did with my '46 Clipper Deluxe in June. I bought a new hotter 6v coil with the standard posts on top. I removed the existing through-the-firewall coil by removing the three screws. I removed the bottom of it to get the wire connecting to the ignition switch disconnected. The screw was rock solid not going to come out, so I cut the wire to remove it. I got some crimp connectors and connected a piece of 10ga wire to it, being certain that the connections were crimped tightly. Wat has a pretty powerful grip, so not much to fear about that. Now, I had a wire through the firewall (using the existing coil hole) and I'm ready for the new coil.


The new coil came with no mounting bracket. I tried a couple of the box auto parts stores to no avail - it's not in their computers. One guy told me that you can't get them online even. I think it took me about 8 seconds to find the one that Jeff Bezos was selling, so it arrived two days later and for about $7. I used a couple of self-tapping screws to mount the new coil close enough to the old coil hole so that the wire to the distributor would still reach. This I connected to the positive post on the coil since it's a positive ground system. The new extended wire from the ignition switch got connected to the negative post on the coil. I installed the coil wire to the distributor, turned the key and she fired up immediately.


If I weren't so lazy, I'd go out and take a picture.


Good luck!!!