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G.M. · 04-08-2020, 06:41 PM

Not much to do so I went looking on old Early Ford V/8 Forum
There was a long thread in 2015 about a V/12 Lincoln being
hard to start. From all the info I would say it had a bad coil.
What fooled them was after it sat 10 or 15 minutes it would
start when they gave it a shot of starting fluid. It did not have
the correct carb on it and most people blamed that. I think the
real problem is what I see on here, a lot of BAD coils that get
weaker the hotter they get. When the spark gets A LITTLE weak
and won't start they will usually fire and run if starting fluid is
used. The starting is more combustible and fires with a weaker
spark. The lincoln V/12's have a big one piece coil that has two
36 Ford coils inside. G.M.

04-08-2020, 06:41 PM	#1
G.M. Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Florida and Penna. Posts: 4,471	Starting with a bad coil Not much to do so I went looking on old Early Ford V/8 Forum There was a long thread in 2015 about a V/12 Lincoln being hard to start. From all the info I would say it had a bad coil. What fooled them was after it sat 10 or 15 minutes it would start when they gave it a shot of starting fluid. It did not have the correct carb on it and most people blamed that. I think the real problem is what I see on here, a lot of BAD coils that get weaker the hotter they get. When the spark gets A LITTLE weak and won't start they will usually fire and run if starting fluid is used. The starting is more combustible and fires with a weaker spark. The lincoln V/12's have a big one piece coil that has two 36 Ford coils inside. G.M. __________________ www.fordcollector.com