03-27-2020, 06:50 AM | #1 |
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Where do I get a good coil for my 49 Ford? Napa coil only lasted a year. Does anyone sell better ones?
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03-27-2020, 10:34 AM | #2 |
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Re: Good coil
Skip Haney rebuilds original coils and guarantees them for 3 years: http://www.fordcollector.com/coils.htm
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03-27-2020, 11:41 AM | #3 | |
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get a 48 Ford coil and use the correct resister. You will also need a mounting bracket. G.M.
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03-27-2020, 05:34 PM | #5 |
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Re: Good coil
Bosh coils seem to have a good rep.
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03-27-2020, 05:52 PM | #6 |
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I needed a coil for a '51 Olds (which is still 6 volt). I found one on Rock Auto (of all places) and it was made in the USA and seems to be a good unit. |
03-27-2020, 06:27 PM | #7 |
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Hab,
When you go back to NAPA be sure to mention you want and ECHLIN COIL 6v IC 7 12v IC 14 As mentioned the primo 12v coiul is the BOSCH BLUE 00012....NAPA IC 64 These coils have internal resistors. With pos ground + on the coil goes to dist, neg ground - goes to the dist Charlie ny PS This info pirated from Bubba , and used successfully be me |
03-27-2020, 09:27 PM | #8 |
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Charlie: when should you use a coil with built in resistor and when don’t you
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03-27-2020, 09:57 PM | #9 |
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I've checked some of the O/P's posts, and believe he is still 6 volts, but we can't be sure. "Habusasailor", can you give us some more information about your car? Specifically is it still 6 volts or has it been converted to 12 volts?
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03-27-2020, 11:37 PM | #10 |
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It somewhat depends on how everything set up. With a by-pass wired up when the starter is energized full voltage is applied to the coil. Cranking the starter lowers the voltage to the coil and the by-pass provides higher voltage to make it easier to start. Even without the by-pass a ballast resistor provides a higher voltage to the coil when cold and increases resistance as it heat up. A separate coil with a ballast resistor was the common factory set up. Built in resistance is simpler to set up. That is also part of why Ford used a ballast resistor on the earlier 6v coils.
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03-29-2020, 02:20 AM | #11 |
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Sorry for not telling the whole story up front, it is 6v. POS ground
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