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Hi All,
The car is 1947 ford sedan mostly original. This part is under the dash on the upper left corner of the firewall. It has no visible wires attached. I would like to know what it is before I take it out. Thanks for your help. Brian |
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It's the circuit breaker/resistor board. The resistor steps down the voltage to the coil and the circuit breaker takes the place of a fuse for your lights etc.....
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Yes, ballast resistor and circuit breakers. On a 47 there should be two circuit breakers inside the enclosure, both for the lighting circuits. If it is not connected there must be some major wiring changes. I would guess an added fuse panel and a "can" style coil in place of the original coil. Is it 6v or 12v? Positive ground or negative ground?
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Be very careful not to damage it when you remove it.
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Thanks for your replies. I took it out and there was in fact no wires attached to it.
I took a picture of where those heavy gauge yellow wires go to. They are attached to a brown rectangular terminal block which is screwed onto the backside of the gauge cluster panel. Is this an after market solid state circuit breaker? |
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Does the car with this wiring run?
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Yes, it runs just fine with all electrical components okay. It’s original 6 volt positive ground. Just want to know what I’ve got.
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What's on the other side of those connections???
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I hope there is a fuse in there somewhere.
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Why remove it ? How many miles on the car ? How many volts at the coil ?
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It's not wired...It's no longer being used....
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I've seen that setup before, it is similar to the 48-49 truck wiring. The first photo is labled as a 47. The device shown is the circuit breakers (2) and a resistor is not needed with the can coil.
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I have the same set up as Rockbass with the resistor attached to the original coil under the hood. The dash set up consists of a junction block with circuit breaker. This is a 6v + ground system, late '47 (Nov) super deluxe 4 door sedan.
Could this be one of Ford's "running changes"!!??
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JSeery, I think you nailed it, thanks for sharing your knowledge. Wow, what a great resource this Fordbarn forum is. Oh, one more quick question, what is a “can” style coil?
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The can style coil is the round coil used on the later cars.
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