Plug Wires

Bob56

Bob56

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I thought my plug wires were one of the things wrong when I bought my car (1936 Club Cabriolet) but after reading the 1935/36 book from here they appear to be the correct radio suppression plug wires. Am I correct?

I thought I had several things that were odd but after reading parts of the V8 book looks like the only things I need to change are the coil and fuel pump
 

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The plug wires should be cloth covered wire. Yes the radio suppression appears correct. The fuel line into the fuel pump (if you want to drive the car look at Robert Shewmans line in his ad in the V8 Times). The clip on the windshield wiper rubber vacuum line. The fuel pump appears to be 46-48 Ford.
 
Thanks Terry. I have the correct fuel, just wanted to verify things before I started changing them.
 
Are you planning to show your 36 cabriolet to be judged for points on the concourse?
According to the EFV-8 C/A's 1935-36 Book, the spark plug wires were covered with a black rubbery/fiber material and had a brass loop on the spark plug end. I'm not sure if the radio suppression plug resistors were attached to the black rubbery wires, or came attached to a different type of covered wire.
If your car is not going to be judged for points, the '47-'48 glass bowl fuel pumps are a good choice for your '36 because you can run with a gas filter inside the glass bowl.
 
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I would like to have it judged. The 35/36 book (page 118) shows a picture of the radio suppression plug wires but it is in black & white and very hard to tell what they really look like. It also shows all the suppression condensors which I am missing all but 1. From what I understand very difficult to find unless somebody comes up with NOS
 
On page 110 of what I believe is the latest edition/revision of the book, in the paragraph titled "SPARK PLUG WIRES/CONDUIT" it mentions "spark plug wires on the '35-'36 were covered with black rubbery/fiber material". Then on pg 118 it talks about installation of 8 spark plug resistors and nuts. It's not clear to me if these resistors were attached to the ends of stock black rubbery wire or if these resistors came on their own type of plug wire, unlike the stock/original wire.
I have a small collection of the different suppression capacitors as shown on pg 118.
 
Looking at page 110 the Champion 7 has a brass top but the picture on 118 appears not to have the brass top above the double band, am I missing something?
 
Bob56 said:
Looking at page 110 the Champion 7 has a brass top but the picture on 118 appears not to have the brass top above the double band, am I missing something?
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There was a different nut, as shown on pg 118, that came with the plug resistor, and replaced the larger knurled brass nut as shown on pg 110. This change occured because the resistor pushed on over its nut, while the original connection had the larger knurled nut that screwed down over the looped brass tube on the end of the wire.

Also, to your point on the #7 Champion plug brass top shown on pg 110, but shown with no brass top in the sketch on pg 118, my guess would be there was no sketch available when the book was published that represented a #7 plug.
 
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JM 35 Sedan said:
On page 110 of what I believe is the latest edition/revision of the book, in the paragraph titled "SPARK PLUG WIRES/CONDUIT" it mentions "spark plug wires on the '35-'36 were covered with black rubbery/fiber material". Then on pg 118 it talks about installation of 8 spark plug resistors and nuts. It's not clear to me if these resistors were attached to the ends of stock black rubbery wire or if these resistors came on their own type of plug wire, unlike the stock/original wire.
I have a small collection of the different suppression capacitors as shown on pg 118.
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Would you be interested in selling any of your radio condensors. Sent you a PM
 
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It is hard to describe the finish on the plug wires. I called it cloth above and the books calls it something else. I believe the books describe it better than I. The point is the wires you have do not appear correct. There are a few aftermarket sellers of the correct plug wires, they will usually come with the brass loops on the plug end but you clip them off and install your radio suppression ends for the correct appearance. The correct plug for the 36 is the Champion 7. It is a three piece take apart plug with a brass top. The plug does NOT have the name "Ford" on the plug.
 
I have the plug wires with the loop and champion 7 plugs with the brass top but hesitant about changing the plug wires. My 35/36 book shows radio suppression plug wires just like I have. Maybe the best thing to do is correct the other couple things wrong and have it judged
 
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