Coil Rebuild

[Temple]

I would like to have my 1948 panhead coil rebuilt for 6v. Who are my options? Thanks for the help.

[Steve Swan]

fwiw, i replaced the dead internals from a repro JD coil with an Australian Tri-Spark with condensor, both fit perfectly inside. The nice thing about the Tri-Spark is the ht wires unscrew, so you can use your choice of wires. https://www.trispark.com.au/Dual-Lead-6V-Ignition-Coil

[T. Cotten]

Before you throw money at it, Temple,...

Please set it upright, and warm it with a heat lamp until the remains of any plug wires can be pulled out easily.

Let the coil cool, and take plastic soda straws and push them into the potting compound to pull out plugs where the wires go (one is usually deeper than the other).

Cram new wires in until they bottom out, and try it. You have little to lose, and often they work better than a repop!

....Cotten

[Temple]

Before you throw money at it, Temple,...

Please set it upright, and warm it with a heat lamp until the remains of any plug wires can be pulled out easily.

Let the coil cool, and take plastic soda straws and push them into the potting compound to pull out plugs where the wires go (one is usually deeper than the other).

Cram new wires in until they bottom out, and try it. You have little to lose, and often they work better than a repop!

....Cotten

I will give that a go. There was someone who said they would rebuild it for me on the American Iron Forum. I saved the information but can't find it now. T-bonez or something like that was the user name. I will give this a go but was looking for a solid backup for long trips. Thanks Cotten.

[T. Cotten]

If it was "T-Bone" Tom Brewer of Bone-A-Fide Cycle, Temple,..

He has passed away, and will be missed.

....Cotten

[Temple]

If it was "T-Bone" Tom Brewer of Bone-A-Fide Cycle, Temple,..

He has passed away, and will be missed.

....Cotten

Sorry. Yes. That is the name I remember.

[Rollo]

Try Rat at Harbor Vintage. He was doing them. Not sure f he still is but know a few who used him and worked out fine.

Tom (Rollo) Hardy
AMCA #12766

[T. Cotten]

As an aside, Folks,...

Does anyone have an educated guess as to what the original potting compound might have been?

I don't really need to know, but posterity might find it interesting,

Thanks in advance,

....Cotten

[paddy]

Jeff Goorman is building 6v and 12 volt coils with exellant sucess. And they are dead balls on. better than my spellin. he is on facebook and his email is bulldogbrothersgarage@gmail.com I own 3 of them with no problems

[sw48]

Dave at Harbor Vintage does still rebuild vintage coils. He just did two -48 style panhead and one knucklehead 6V coils for me.

[Temple]

Dave at Harbor Vintage does still rebuild vintage coils. He just did two -48 style panhead and one knucklehead 6V coils for me.

Thank you.