|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
02-02-2018, 09:54 AM | #1 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: SPRUCE PINE NC
Posts: 446
|
29 Tudor ignition coil question
I am putting things back together after a 6 year battle with health issues. I am getting ready to connect wires to the coil and I noticed that the coil that was on the car when I started restoring it does not have any markings as to which is + or - Is there a problem if it is connected to the incorrect post? If so, how do I tell which is which if they are not marked? I know that the system is a positive ground and I have a wiring diagram, but the coil not being marked makes me wonder!
|
02-02-2018, 10:15 AM | #2 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 1,100
|
Re: 29 Tudor ignition coil question
https://www.brattons.com/ignition-sp...il-tester.html
Use this to test the polarity of the coil wiring. It will run with the wires hooked up on either coil post, but it will run better if the polarity is correct. |
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|
02-02-2018, 10:17 AM | #3 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Danville, CA
Posts: 1,554
|
Re: 29 Tudor ignition coil question
No serious damage for a which test. Hook it up and there is a polarity tester you can get from the vendors that goes into the distributor cap. Run the engine long enough to see if it is correct. If it is go on to bigger things, if not reverse the wires and make a mark sone where on the coil so you can repeat.
|
02-02-2018, 10:46 AM | #4 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Red Deer, Alberta
Posts: 5,043
|
Re: 29 Tudor ignition coil question
__________________
If you don't hear a rumor by 10 AM, start one!. Got my education out behind the barn! |
02-02-2018, 02:07 PM | #5 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: SPRUCE PINE NC
Posts: 446
|
Re: 29 Tudor ignition coil question
Quote:
How does it work? I have a spark test that basically has a clear plastic tube that shows the spark--is that all I need to test polarity? |
|
02-02-2018, 02:39 PM | #6 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Santa Maria, CA
Posts: 985
|
Re: 29 Tudor ignition coil question
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements)
__________________
Alan 1929 Special Coupe 1941 Pick-Up 1955 Victoria |
02-02-2018, 02:58 PM | #7 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2011
Location: SW Virginia near the Blue ridge Parkway
Posts: 674
|
Re: 29 Tudor ignition coil question
One of these on the search list will work for you. Better than spending money on something you might only need one time..just a thought
https://www.google.com/search?q=penc...nt=firefox-b-1 |
02-02-2018, 03:43 PM | #8 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Southern California
Posts: 3,131
|
Re: 29 Tudor ignition coil question
My 9th grade auto shop teacher, Mr. White used to like to demonstrate this procedure to the class, then hand the pencil to the class jokester for him to try it. The rest of the class would get a big kick out of it when that high tension voltage traveled up the pencil lead and out the end into his hand. Tom Endy |
02-02-2018, 07:25 PM | #9 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Fruita, CO
Posts: 281
|
Re: 29 Tudor ignition coil question
Mike V. Florida posted this early last year.
"To check coil polarity hold a pencil lead in the spark path with the plug wire about a third of an inch away from the distributor terminal. You’ll see a FLARE on one side of the pencil lead and this flare should be on the spark plug side of the lead." Tom suggests to hold the pencil in the middle or even slide the pencil into a plastic tube to avoid an electrical shock. If the flare is on the plug wire side. Switch the two wires on the coil. |
02-02-2018, 09:34 PM | #10 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: now Kuna, Idaho
Posts: 3,779
|
Re: 29 Tudor ignition coil question
Quote:
|
|
|
|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|