Lockwood 72T Coil Removal

[T….in Wisconsin]

Outstanding, nicely done.

[T….in Wisconsin]

Information shared by this group is priceless. I”ve removed the rods from the old coil and cleaned things up a bit, I’ll save the rods not used. Waiting on Military coil which I’ll have in a few days.  Bakelite terminals have both been McGivered at some point. I may still use them or not. I was able to remove the center rod & nut without issue or use of the special Eisemann tool, I had already looked at which flat blade would be modified to make.

Golf Ball, used to plug a sweep hole in the bench or does it have another purpose?

T… in Wisconsin

[Buccaneer]

The “golf ball” is sometimes used to keep “stuff” from inadvertently
dropping through said workbench hole.
The hole, beside being annoying at times, comes in very handy for
turning an outboard or powerhead upsidedown, after the flywheel
and magneto are remove of course.

The bench top was a 9′ solid oak door that came from a
tubercolosis sanitarium, sadly, the same on that my
aunt died in on Christmas day 1944.

Only bad thing about the Military Bendix Scintilla style coils,
is removing the laminates. I struggle every time. If someone
has a good method to do such, you might query them “how”.

 

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[T….in Wisconsin]

Interesting history.

Thanks for the heads up removing the laminates it gives me a few days to think about how to do.

1. Possibly cut the laminates off close to the laminate interface and carefully drive out with a punch.
2. Wire through the rivet hole & slide hammer.

First idea may not be the action taken, just the start of the thought process.

Thanks

[stanley]

I’ve always just drilled rivets out and driven center few laminates out with punch then did the rest.How ever,I think there was a recent post on this that seemed much easier.I’ll see if I can find it.

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T....in Wisconsin

[Buccaneer]

stanley wrote:

I’ve always just drilled rivets out and driven center few laminates out with punch then did the rest.How ever,I think there was a recent post on this that seemed much easier.I’ll see if I can find it.

I hope it wasn’t my post, lol.
I tried drilling a hole thru the center of the laminates (1/4″ or so)
and using a rod in the hole as a punch. It didn’t go as good
as I hoped.

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[T….in Wisconsin]

What  wire gauge did you use for the black wire to the condenser?

[Buccaneer]

T….in Wisconsin wrote:

What  wire gauge did you use for the black wire to the condenser?

I think I used 18 gauge, but I usually just try to match
up my wiring close to the original gauge.

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[T….in Wisconsin]

Thanks. I should finish up the mag plate today.

[T….in Wisconsin]

Finished Mag plate except for the kill switch lead, I’m waiting until I find the correct tiller handle. Salvaged the original spark plug connectors, I like the original style. Pondering what could or should be done if anything to support the coil. Throwing that out there for thoughts, feedback.

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