Coil hint

[Dave S]

After rebuilding a coil I throw the used points in a drawer. I seem to have trouble throwing away something that old. Now, when the upper bridge needs to be elevated for proper alignment I snip the brass holes from a used upper bridge. They make an excellent shim. FWIW

[Mark Gregush]

Re using for shims, been doing that for a while. But like you, I have a bunch of them that I too can't seem to toss out.

[Allan]

I use the same piece the same way, and also a second way. The keys to my Ts have one bearing my mobile phone number attached to the keyring. I like to think a finder might al least want to know what he has found!

Allan from down under.

[Adam]

Many coil rebuilders use 5mm metric washers. They just barely fit over the stud and are the same outside diameter as the standoffs.

[Moxie26]

Adam, I've done the same thing buying those 5 mm washers... But why purchase something when you have something that you could modify and fit s just as well..... Not wanting to spend money but just to reuse something on hand to help with the physical correlation of the top hardware on the coil. Always needed is a pair of side cutters to create that new spacer from the old worn bridge point hardware.

[Adam]

Well... Because they are maybe $0.03 each and a perfect fit. But maybe I’m just a stickler for details... I also had these made up to add a little “bling” to the coils. (But seriously, there is nothing wrong with making the “homemade” shims from old points. It works too.)

[KWTownsend]

Very nice, Adam. I've been temped to paint the old bridge risers with copper colored spray paint...

I've been using 5mm washer for years.