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Coil Box found

Post by Unprr » Thu Aug 06, 2020 8:21 pm

I found a coil box at an antique store and took the attached photos. My question is this, would this be used in a Model T? The coils look nothing like the ones I have in my T.

Thanks

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Re: Coil Box found

Post by R.V.Anderson » Thu Aug 06, 2020 8:34 pm

This Kingston box and coils would have been used originally in a 1912 T.

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Re: Coil Box found

Post by Retro54 » Thu Aug 06, 2020 9:28 pm

Great find!

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Re: Coil Box found

Post by AndreFordT » Fri Aug 07, 2020 1:00 am

As said before, your coil box was used in the early model T's.
The coils in the box are all missing the points and are all bridged with a wire.
To make the ignion work, you need to add a master coil to the ignition loop.
Those early coils were (and still are) hard to adjust correctly.
The use of a mastercoil makes the ignition timing even for all four coils.
I will try to find some photo's of the set up of the ignition of my 1922 woody with a master coil that I run this way since 2012.
The master coil is K&W and the coils are usual Ford coil with the bridge on the points.
I made this setup only to try to understand the working and the use of the master coil.
In 2012 some one give me the advice to take a set of regular coils in the car because the master coil will break down. Now 8 years and a few thousand miles later it is still working. The spare coils are still in the car but they helped others to finish the drives on four cilinders.

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Re: Coil Box found

Post by AndreFordT » Fri Aug 07, 2020 1:11 am

This is how your coils should look like.

https://www.modeltford.com/item/4238.aspx

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Re: Coil Box found

Post by TonyB » Mon Aug 10, 2020 12:13 am

Those coils look like the Kingston coils used in 1909-10 model T
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Re: Coil Box found

Post by Duey_C » Mon Aug 10, 2020 12:55 am

Oh my. Neat find. :)
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