Spark plug connection

[jay1922t]

Newbie question again.
Which end of the brass strip plug connectors fit onto the top of the spark plug...the forked end or the eye end?
Have a 29 closed cab pickup and the spark plugs have no threaded nuts or male threads at their tops.
The forked end on the strips straddle the top tip on the spark plugs...is this correct?
Many thanks for your help.

[Mitch//pa]

Eye end to the plugs...

[C26Pinelake]

The eye end is secured with the brass nut. Wayne

[ItsA31]

The metal tips on most plugs will unscrew

[Michael M]

Courtesy of Model A Girl:

[Tom Wesenberg]

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Note that there are two styles of the fork, one for the earlier A's is symmetrical, and the one in the picture is the later 30-1 style.

Also try to buy the reddish colored bronze straps, rather than the soft yellow brass straps.

[C26Pinelake]

Originally Posted by Tom Wesenberg

Note that there are two styles of the fork, one for the earlier A's is symmetrical, and the one in the picture is the later 30-1 style.

Also try to buy the reddish colored bronze straps, rather than the soft yellow brass straps.

Tom. Where can you purchase the reddish ones? Wayne

[Synchro909]

Originally Posted by jay1922t

Newbie question again.
Which end of the brass strip plug connectors fit onto the top of the spark plug...the forked end or the eye end?
Have a 29 closed cab pickup and the spark plugs have no threaded nuts or male threads at their tops.
The forked end on the strips straddle the top tip on the spark plugs...is this correct?
Many thanks for your help.

Seems most have missed that the tops of your plugs do not unscrew. Most modern plugs don't and I'm assuming you have adaptors and modern plugs. I say if the forked end fits over the fake top and the eye end stays on the distributor posts, you will have a runner. Drive and enjoy.
On the other hand, if you are concerned about points judging, buy new appropriate plugs.

[Mikeinnj]

Available from Bratton's Antique Auto Parts. Will only fit Champion Sparkplugs.

[Fred K-OR]

Bailing or barb wire will work also!! (Old farmer fix)

[ItsA31]

Originally Posted by Fred K-OR

...barb wire will work also!! (Old farmer fix)

As a person trapped in suburbia, I would have never thought of that. Makes me laugh. I would like to see it sometime.

[Fred K-OR]

Realize it in not what you want to use if you had your car judged but if you are out in the boonies and you need a connector, there may be a fence near by that you can borrow a piece from.

[jay1922t]

I have awarded myself the 'Stupid Guy Who Doesn't Know Much' trophy.
The spark plugs do have threads and nuts.
It is the distributor studs that do not.
Was wondering if the spring tension from the spark plug strips is insufficient to maintain continuity with the distributor studs.
I thought that maybe this was the reason why the engine dies after it warms up.

[2manycars]

Originally Posted by jay1922t

I have awarded myself the 'Stupid Guy Who Doesn't Know Much' trophy.
The spark plugs do have threads and nuts.
It is the distributor studs that do not.
Was wondering if the spring tension from the spark plug strips is insufficient to maintain continuity with the distributor studs.
I thought that maybe this was the reason why the engine dies after it warms up.

That is how they have been attached for almost 90 years. The tension is plenty to conduct the electrical charge.

[ItsA31]

How long does it run after it warms up?
Just instant death, or sputtering before death?

[Roadster Rich]

I am one of those lucky ones. In college on my way to a girlfriend 140 miles away, the car started running like hell. Stopped to find one of the connectors was just gone. Since I had some clothes for the weekend and a coat hanger, I used a piece of coat hanger and used pliers to twist tighten it down on both ends. Drove like a charm and in fact I did not replace it for quite a few months.

[JD 1931]

Here the barb wire

[ItsA31]

Originally Posted by JD 1931

Here the barb wire

Awesome!