The Ford Barn

dumb person · 02-06-2018, 03:45 AM

Contrary to popular opinion in the internet, coils can be made to function well enough to function at home with tools you might have, or borrow from neighbors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcyDmgFppGI
Link to a video of a human being actually mending old coils and showing how a collection of burnt or shorted secondary windings can be made into viable ones.

Or, if you prefer, somebody has produced an electronic coil tester
See their website http://www.modeltecct.com/
It's not cheap, but it appears light enough to carry with you should you need to carry it with you. Because anyone who's actually carried a coil tester of 100 years ago knows they're not light and do not fit comfortably in a backpack!

If you pulled a car out of a barn and it's not run in many years, this might be welcome knowledge. Contrary to the current fad of telling people that ignition coils are some "esoteric science that is only understood by 2 people, one of which was Henry Ford himself", which has only been a fad for the last 5 years or so (at this time of writing, January 2018) which co-insides with people downloading apps for their phones to brush their teeth for them, coils can actually be repaired by living people, with their own hands!

As the coils for a model T were made by humans hands, in a scale humans can relate to, with materials they had for centuries including wood and tar, it's much much easier than repairing more modern coils, the likes of which are sealed in epoxy instead of tar.

Now you too can be a human being instead of an extension of phone apps and other parasitic life numbing devices.

Rudolph · 02-08-2018, 03:23 AM

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Yep, someone was telling me winding magnetos was a black art, when some chinaman rewound a mag for me in his shed.

02-06-2018, 03:45 AM	#1
dumb person Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: South pacific island Posts: 1,724	How to repair coils at home (buzz coils) Contrary to popular opinion in the internet, coils can be made to function well enough to function at home with tools you might have, or borrow from neighbors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcyDmgFppGI Link to a video of a human being actually mending old coils and showing how a collection of burnt or shorted secondary windings can be made into viable ones. Or, if you prefer, somebody has produced an electronic coil tester See their website http://www.modeltecct.com/ It's not cheap, but it appears light enough to carry with you should you need to carry it with you. Because anyone who's actually carried a coil tester of 100 years ago knows they're not light and do not fit comfortably in a backpack! If you pulled a car out of a barn and it's not run in many years, this might be welcome knowledge. Contrary to the current fad of telling people that ignition coils are some "esoteric science that is only understood by 2 people, one of which was Henry Ford himself", which has only been a fad for the last 5 years or so (at this time of writing, January 2018) which co-insides with people downloading apps for their phones to brush their teeth for them, coils can actually be repaired by living people, with their own hands! As the coils for a model T were made by humans hands, in a scale humans can relate to, with materials they had for centuries including wood and tar, it's much much easier than repairing more modern coils, the likes of which are sealed in epoxy instead of tar. Now you too can be a human being instead of an extension of phone apps and other parasitic life numbing devices. __________________ <Link> This is how we roll<Link> "I'm Convinced that no one really reads posts anymore; they just fabricate what they think the post says then ramble on about red herrings."--Bob Outcasts rules of old cars #1 Fun is imperative, mainstream is overrated #2 If they think it is impossible, prove them wrong #3 If the science says it impossible you are not being creative enough. #4 No shame in recreating something you never had #5 If it were not for the law & physics you would be unstoppable

02-08-2018, 03:23 AM	#2
Rudolph Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: North island Newzealand. Posts: 272	Re: How to repair coils at home (buzz coils) Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Yep, someone was telling me winding magnetos was a black art, when some chinaman rewound a mag for me in his shed.