The Stovebolt Site Forums The Parking Lot Big Bolts 46 1 1/2 ton coil question

I am a newbie to the forum with a 46 1 1/2 ton wrecker that shut off yesterday while running great. I don't have power to the coil, but my question is about the setup- the high tension lead comes off the bottom and goes to the distributor cap- on the top is a small wire going to the distributor and a larger lead that looks like a speedometer cable that goes to the ignition switch. How can I remove this lead to check it? Thanks for your help. Paul

The hot wire from the ignition switch is incased in the sprial conduit that is attached to the Coil Cap. I'm not 100% sure how they did it in 1946, but the older cars had this set up an you had to un bolt the coil and give it aout 1/8 of a turn to release it. Some of them needed a flat piece of metal slid up into the cap to release a safety tab...can't remember where to tell you to find the tab...you need a service manual. This was all done a an anti-theft device making it hare to hot-wire the car.

Mike B

Thanks for the info. I was trying to pry up the lower half of the sheet metal end- who would think removing a coil wire would be so complicated.