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G.M. · 04-08-2020, 06:41 PM

Not much to do so I went looking on old Early Ford V/8 Forum
There was a long thread in 2015 about a V/12 Lincoln being
hard to start. From all the info I would say it had a bad coil.
What fooled them was after it sat 10 or 15 minutes it would
start when they gave it a shot of starting fluid. It did not have
the correct carb on it and most people blamed that. I think the
real problem is what I see on here, a lot of BAD coils that get
weaker the hotter they get. When the spark gets A LITTLE weak
and won't start they will usually fire and run if starting fluid is
used. The starting is more combustible and fires with a weaker
spark. The lincoln V/12's have a big one piece coil that has two
36 Ford coils inside. G.M.

petehoovie · 04-08-2020, 07:20 PM

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"The Lincoln V/12's have a big one piece coil that has two
36 Ford coils inside." G.M.

Get ready, George....Here they come...

04-08-2020, 06:41 PM	#1
G.M. Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Florida and Penna. Posts: 4,471	Starting with a bad coil Not much to do so I went looking on old Early Ford V/8 Forum There was a long thread in 2015 about a V/12 Lincoln being hard to start. From all the info I would say it had a bad coil. What fooled them was after it sat 10 or 15 minutes it would start when they gave it a shot of starting fluid. It did not have the correct carb on it and most people blamed that. I think the real problem is what I see on here, a lot of BAD coils that get weaker the hotter they get. When the spark gets A LITTLE weak and won't start they will usually fire and run if starting fluid is used. The starting is more combustible and fires with a weaker spark. The lincoln V/12's have a big one piece coil that has two 36 Ford coils inside. G.M. __________________ www.fordcollector.com

04-08-2020, 07:20 PM	#2
petehoovie Senior Member Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 8,111	Re: Starting with a bad coil Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) "The Lincoln V/12's have a big one piece coil that has two 36 Ford coils inside." G.M. Get ready, George....Here they come... __________________ The only thing nice about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.... *"Silver rings, your butt! Them's washers!"* "We shot our way out of that town for a dollar's worth of steel holes!" - from 'The Wild Bunch' - 1969 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NReUd2_0u0 Last edited by petehoovie; 04-09-2020 at 01:06 AM.