Need help with T coils

felix37

felix37

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Hi,Guy's! I normally hang out in the early V8 side,but recently we had a 23 T touring come in the shop that had been in storage for over 30 years. we got it running but one of the coils is not producing any spark and the others seam to be a little week as they all make different sounds, the loudest giving off the most spark. Is there anything you can do to the coils to improve them?? any help would be appreciated! Thanks!! Jonathan
 
Ron Patterson can help you. 859-881-1677 He can rebuild the coils & set them up properly on a hand cranked coil tester. It is not terribly expensive & the car will run noticably better.
 
If you need a Plan B on your coils, I can put you in touch with a retired Motorola electrical engineer (Purdue graduate) who specializes in Model T coils, and can make any buzz coil hum like Elvis Presley (the skinny Elvis or the Fat Elvis, your choice). Just let me know,

Oldmotorsguy
 
I love the sound of T coils. Would never consider changing to a Dizzy, that's just not an option in my book. Properly set up coils and an Anderson timer is all you will ever need to make your T happy. These things are what seperate a real T from a bugered up one. JMHO Frank pkny
 
I don't now what your situation is time/money wise but they can be done in house. Removing the slide off panel (held in place by 2 brads) removing the old capacitor, soldering in a new one (available at Lang's. About $10.00 for a set of 4) Cleaning or replacing the points (About $9.00 a set). Lang's cap. set comes with very informative instructions for replacing caps and setting points. If you REALLY want to impress your customer have the coils set up on a hand cranked coil tester known as HCCT. A buzz box will tell you if the coils to operate but the HCCT tunes them. The eng. runs great when this is done as you get a single very hot spark when the coil fires instead of 2 much weaker ones. Very much worth the effort having this done.
 
Felix,

Ron Patterson is a great guy to deal with. His coils are ready to drop in and the difference the way the car runs is night and day. He is very reasonable price wise, and I have heard absolutely nothing negative about his workmanship. I personally wouldn't mess with pulling coils apart when you can get Ron to rebuild and set them up correctly.
 
I have talked with Ron in the past and he has been very helpful. I might add that I always check for continuity across the coil windings before a purchase or start to work on a coil. If the coil windings are bad, it is too much trouble to rebuild the coil when there are so many out there that have good windings. Replacing the cap and points is enough work! Ed
 
I always wonder about this buzzing thing. My car runs like a charm, all coils spark nicely but the only time I ever heard a buzzing sound is when one of the coils shorted on the firewall and I could actually see the spark jumping over.
Other than that, all of my coils spark quietly and I have no idea why. And, no, I don't have a wireless distributor hidden somewhere.
 
The capacitors job is to keep the points from arcing too much and burning the points.
It is a good idea to replace it as I am sure Ron does on all rebuilts. It is very difficult to set the coils correctly without an HCCT. It has a current meter and a spark ring which sure helps.
Willie
 
The problem is without an HCCT or Strobospark you can not see if the coil is double sparking. This is an important thing in the function of the coil. If the coil double sparks you get half votage at the plug.
 
If anyone wants their own HCCT, Ron Patterson just listed several of them on the MTFCA Swap Site at $700 each. They all need restoration but that is usually not expensive. The price is very good compred to others that have been sold.
 
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