Ford Model T - A Closer Look: Coil Boxes (Trembler Coils)

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🌳 www.linktr.ee/modeltmitch In this video, we take a detailed look at the Ford Model T ignition system, more specifically, the coil boxes, also known as trembler coils. We take a look at how they work, and also how to test them and set them to achieve the correct current output.
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I imported my 1925 Ford Model T from the USA, not far from Detroit, Michigan where it was built.
The Model T was manufactured between 1908 and 1927, and was know by various names including Tin Lizzie, Flivver, T‑Model Ford, or just 'T'.
The Model T set 1908 as the historic year that the automobile became popular. It is generally regarded as the first affordable automobile, the car that opened travel to the common middle-class American; some of this was because of Ford's innovations, including assembly line production instead of individual hand crafting.
On May 26, 1927, Henry Ford watched the 15 millionth Model T Ford roll off the assembly line at his factory in Highland Park, Michigan.

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Комментарии : 34

@jrflywheel9386 10 лет назад

Mitch, Thanks for posting your interesting videos. Please post more if you have time. Good film.

@ModelTMitch 10 лет назад

There will be another video coming soon - how to change the band linings in the transmission - just have to set aside a weekend to pull the gearbox apart!!

@jrflywheel9386 10 лет назад

***** Your videos are much appreciated. I know that technology for motor vehicles has changed beyond the recognition of old Henry Ford and his colleagues, but i'm sure these old men would be proud to know that their machines are still running along, all those many years later. Nice one mate.

@Dan-pv9wm 9 лет назад

Love the old tech, Always wanted to know more about he Model T and how it worked, your videos answer a lot of questions! THANKS!

@clemburke1668 5 лет назад

Another great video. Thank you

@Lotharyx 8 лет назад

You are adjusting the spark gap clearance by bending the armature mount which strikes me as a rather coarse method. Why aren't you instead adjusting the height of the fixed portion, which appears to be designed for that and would offer much finer control? The bolt with the spring around it, it looks like if you loosened the nut, that would widen the gap for lower current, or if you tightened it, it would lessen the gap for higher current. Or are the looks deceiving?

@larrygall5831 5 лет назад

You could leave an old coil in the tester and let it double as a spark plug tester. Interesting way to make spark BTW. I never seen anything like it.

@MrUltraworld 9 лет назад

I think these cars were produced in Australia, Geelong I think. I saw a list of factories located all over the world.

@zzzdogutube 11 лет назад

Mitch, interesting! I hope you show me how the whole ignition system works now that you got my interest. I don't understand how the spark gets to the plug and at the right time. Also I assume that is the current draw of the coil 1.3A. What happens if the tremble contact gets worn and makes poor contact? Low spark output ? Thanks good video. Ron from NY USA

@timefink1 11 лет назад

nice information thanks.

@MrCWillar 10 лет назад

Very Nice Vídeo !!!

@ModelTMitch 10 лет назад

Ron - I'll do a full ignition circuit video soon... The firing of each spark plug is dictated by the timer at the front of the engine, similar to a distributor on a modern car, except the timer directs incoming current, not outgoing like a distributor. Yes, poor contacts on the coils can result in poor spark.

@moviebod 5 лет назад

Very interesting

@LMacNeill 6 лет назад

So these coils are constantly running while the key is on Battery, and the "distributor" (I know it's not called that, but I can't remember offhand what it's called. Timer, maybe?) completes the circuit from the coil box to the spark-plug at just the right time to cause a spark to go off inside the cylinder. Is that how it works? What about if you're running on Magneto? Isn't that a giant magnet on the flywheel, ripping past a coil and inducing a large current in it? I'd love to see a video about that sometime.

@richdavis5697 5 лет назад

You are thinking of the commutator. Someone may confirm, but I think it provides primary energy to the correct coil for the power stroke of that cylinder. The magneto can provide the energy instead of the battery; that is the only difference in the ignition circuit with the magneto. That is why all Model T Fords can be operated without a battery (although you should remove the generator if the battery is not there). The buzzing sound is only heard with the battery because there is no magneto energy when the engine is not running and the engine noise drowns out the buzzing sound that is occurring at all times when the engine is operating.

@twistedyogert 9 лет назад

Where do you find those coils? Also, it seems like they'd wear out after a few thousand miles. And I thought changing the sparkplugs on my Honda scooter was hard to do.

@timefink1 11 лет назад

do the spark plugs spark all the time .how do you control the timeing?

@mordantly 6 лет назад

Awesome nuts n bolts vids. The theme song is twice as loud as the narration.

@rayfridley6649 5 лет назад

While the Model T's engine is running, does the magneto charge the battery?

@ModelTMitch 5 лет назад

For later Model T's with a battery installed, there was also a gear driven generator which charges the battery.

@rcchar 8 лет назад

You said the car has a distributor but the spark plug wires hook up the the coils. What does the distributor do?

@ModelTMitch 8 лет назад

+Randy Charlton the car has a Generator, not an Alternator. The Generator provides charge for the battery. Prior to the introduction of electric lights and starters, there was no battery, and no generator. There was a brief intermediate period around 1915-1916 where the Model T had electric headlights but no battery - the lights were powered by the magneto - so the faster the engine revved, the brighter the lights, and when the engine stopped, so did the lights! Hope this helps.

@99snubby 5 лет назад

is there a 12 volt upgrade?

@rammgarr 8 лет назад

mitch what was the difference from the model T and the modell A

@Kaputnik11 6 лет назад

RAMM GARR Ford Model a has more horsepower, a standard 3 speed with a standard pedal layout. A Ford Model T was made 1908-1927 a model A was made 1928-1932

@rcchar 8 лет назад

But how dues the engine control firing on each spark plug?

@ModelTMitch 8 лет назад

+Randy Charlton There is a timer at the front of the engine. Similar to a distributor, except, where a distributor redirects high voltage from a single ignition coil; to each spark plug. The timer on a Model T redirects 6 volts to each of 4 coil boxes, and *then* to the spark plugs.

@gregorymalchuk272 5 лет назад

@@ModelTMitch So it's more of a commutator.

@sherwoodchevy 10 лет назад

Mitch,so the model T had a "WASTE SPARK" set up! plugs were firing all the time! Not like in a distributor and point car where the coil fired the plug at top dead center?

@ModelTMitch 10 лет назад

Actually no, the plugs aren't firing all the time. The timer at the front of the engine controls the flow of low current to each coil, which then flows to each plug. A Distributor controls high voltage, a Timer controls low voltage.

@cavimike9734 10 лет назад

If this were a wasted spark setup, there would only be two coils, each coil would run to two cylinders. The cylinders that are at TDC for exhaust stroke would fire (waste spark) at the same time the as the cylinders that are at TDC for compression stroke. Anytime you see an engine that has exactly half the amount of coils for the amount of cylinders it has, it's equipped with a wasted spark system.

@cool386vintagetechnology6 9 лет назад

Unfortunately, simply measuring coil current with a "buzz box" type tester will not reveal multiple sparking. Excess current current simply wastes power and wears out the points faster - this is not the factor that causes multiple sparking. That is determined by the upper point cushion spring. Too little current results in a weak spark and misfiring at low magneto or battery voltages. Multiple sparking causes less than perfect running on magneto. The only way to check for its presence is to use a hand cranked tester, Strobo Spark, or electronic tester like this members.iinet.net.au/~cool386/tester/tester.html Nevertheless, a buzz box tester is far better than nothing or other less scientific methods that have been used.