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A few years ago I purchased this type of modification made by Stan from ebay. It came with directions and Stan's name on the sheet of instructions. If anyone wants pics of it I can post them here. Am still not made a decision if my plans are to do this or not. No hurry making a decision yet..Terry Cockerell wrote: I had to use a VW coil also because that was all I could get at the time. The engine ran perfectly in all conditions.
I recently decided to hide the VW coil under the cowl as recommended by others to avoid Hot Coil Syndrome. Just for looks I gutted an original faulty coil and ran the cables through it. It takes a bit of work to do it correctly but this will help with reliability.
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I recently decided to hide the VW coil under the cowl as recommended by others to avoid Hot Coil Syndrome. Just for looks I gutted an original faulty coil and ran the cables through it. It takes a bit of work to do it correctly but this will help with reliability.
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My name is Bill, I live in Northern California and I purchased an 812 SC Phaeton late last year. My car is a good driver but by no means a show car. I do not have the original coil in my car so I thought I would share with you what I have. My car has the original ignition system (correct distributor with dual points) and is still a 6 volt system with a positive ground. Believe it or not, the coil in my car is a Bosch coil for a 6 V Volkswagen. I tried to attach pictures of the coil but was not able to. The part number of the coil is Bosch 0221124001. I have checked online and it seems to be readily available. The new version of this coil is silver, mine is blue. My coil is wired with the wire from the ignition switch connecting to the positive terminal and the negative terminal connecting to the distributor. In researching things online I think that this may be reversed from what is correct but it seems it does not make a big difference. Please see the following link for information about this:
mgaguru.com/mgtech/ignition/ig104.htm
In terms of coils in general I do not think that the polarity of the ground maters, only that the coil gets wired correctly. There are different coils for 6V and 12V and also different coils depending upon the system used for triggering the coil (for example breaker points, electronic ignition, etc.) In these cases the resistance on the primary side of the coil can be different. Following is a link to a general article about coils:
www.hemmings.com/magazine/hmn/2006/06/Ig...n-Coils/1280615.html
The VW coil in my Cord has a primary resistance of 1.3 ohms (as I measured it), my guess is that the specification for the coil is a resistance of 1.5 ohms which is quite common. The primary resistance is the resistance measured between the two posts of the coil that connect to the ignition switch and the distributor. My car seems to run very well with this coil however I do not know what the primary resistance was for an original Cord coil. Maybe someone out there could measure theirs and share this information. If you decide to use a Pertronix system for triggering you may need to get a different coil as these systems can be designed to work with coils that have a different primary resistance. Another possibility may be the need for a ballast resistor. I believe that this is important to keep from burning out the ignition modules on electronic ignition systems. I would suggest researching this in detail before you install a module and turn on the ignition.
I hope that this is helpful.
Best regards and CORDially,
Bill Kastanis
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Here' s a pretty good article:
mgaguru.com/mgtech/ignition/ig104.htm
So I'm going to replace my coil with a modern one, and maybe even replace the points with an electronic system from Pertronix.
At least that's my plan!
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Looking to replace my coil. Existing is Autolite 1G-6V-7. Can anyone point me to a suitable replacement?
And can anyone answer why manufacturers used an armored cable from the ignition switch to the coil? I have the same armored cable on a 1946 Dodge 2-Ton truck I own. And yes, I looked at the 6V positive ground coil on my truck but there are no manufacturers markings.
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The service replacement coil number is CE-3224-JS. It uses a separate bracket.
Same coil fits many 8 cyl cars - Chrysler 8 36-42, Hudson 8 36-42, Studebaker 8 41-42 etc.
The IG-3224-JS is similar, but is used on six cylinder cars.
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