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04-05-2021, 03:00 PM | #21 |
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Re: Plug connector options?
Correct, this mapping already exists and is one of the reasons I bought the Nu-Rex device. At this point I don't have a reason to think it's not working as designed. If I start to get timing issues then I'll look into mapping my unit.
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04-10-2021, 12:11 PM | #22 |
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Update: The Model B connectors are also not quite long enough. But there's enough length that I can cut them asymmetrically and have a friend help me solder them together to make two long and two short connectors.
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04-11-2021, 11:17 AM | #23 |
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Re: Plug connector options?
when the late Roger Kauffman was driving from OH to CA in the 1990s he lost a plug connecter somewhere out in the boonies.
He cut a length of barbed wire from a derilect fence row and fabricated a connector out of it. Worked fine and looked so cool he left it in place after returning home......
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04-20-2021, 09:19 PM | #24 |
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Well, this sort of worked. 3 out of 4 of the soldered connectors are holding so far. One snapped and was too damaged to be put back together at the required length, so I made a wire.
I dunno, these don't look as good as I'd hoped. I think I'll make some wires instead. Maybe I can use the red-on-black Model T spark plug wire and terminals. Last edited by alexiskai; 04-20-2021 at 09:34 PM. |
04-21-2021, 12:15 AM | #25 | |
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04-21-2021, 12:22 AM | #26 |
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04-21-2021, 12:31 AM | #27 |
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Re: Plug connector options?
Restoration Supply Company has a whole page of Vintage Spark Plug Terminals, if interested. Page 3 of their catalog. https://restorationstuff.com/shop/#fb0=5
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04-21-2021, 12:40 AM | #28 |
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RSC is too pricey, the brass terminals should work just fine.
The main problem I have to solve is that the spade terminal on the stock plug connector relies on spring action to work – the connector pushes the terminal against the distributor insert, which holds it in place. A wire won't push, it just hangs. So I need to take those ring terminals and form a slot in them like a keyhole, so they'll go over the insert and then lock into place. |
04-21-2021, 12:46 AM | #29 | |
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04-21-2021, 12:51 PM | #30 |
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I saw that one, but it makes me nervous. I want something with a closed end.
Edit: Posted my solution to this problem in another thread https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2019342 Last edited by alexiskai; 05-23-2021 at 11:45 AM. |
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