Recent content by muskox37

My partner and I have a hand cranked coil tester and we have agreed to set up about a dozen coils for a mutual friend. To that end we have been changing the capacitors and setting the points. Some of these coils are the brass topped ones from earlier cars and have a GE point arrangement on...

I understand there is some information out there about sealing the starter so that it doesn't drop a lot of oil every time one stops somewhere. Can anybody tell me where I can find that information?

I recently had my horn off and discovered one of the leads was in poor shape. But before I found that I had adjusted the "adjuster" screw at the back centre of the horn. It seems to be held in place by a locknut. Anyways, I adjusted this screw and now am trying to find my way back to getting...

three secondary windings? Ron, Thanks for the information on the specific ages of the coils. Can you also shed some light on the 'three secondary winding' coil? Bob

A couple of us are trying to bring some older coils back to life with new capacitors and, in some cases, new secondary windings. We are particularly interested in redoing those that have what appears to be a brass top on them. We are having middling success to date--one of our friends...

I have just attempted to repair a set of coil points by drilling out the little rivet that holds the cushion spring to the bridge and replacing it with a self tapping screw and then soldering the screw to the bridge. When I tested the coil with our hand cranked tester it showed good amperage...

Ron, Given the arrangement it is pretty difficult to install the posts incorrectly, i.e., the tang ensures that the posts will stand outside of the side of the car body. However, the rear curtain snaps into place with two fasteners that are on the side of the lifter frame at the top of the...

I just returned from a very rainy outing and I went into full side curtain mode for the first time. These side curtains came with the car when I bought it and they did not have all of the metal rods so I had a machine shop make up two rods to match the ones that I already had. The curtains were...

I'd be interested in swapping my perfectly good passenger's side running board for one that says "Made in Canada" rather than "Made in the U.S.A.". I would also be interested in swapping some hubcaps for the same reason. These items are not in show room condition but are certainly suitable...