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- From: borowski@hpspkla.spk.hp.com (Don T. Borowski)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Spark plug wire help
- Message-ID: <31160135@hpspkla.spk.hp.com>
- Date: 28 Aug 92 22:14:47 GMT
- References: <714294037.F00001@blkcat.UUCP>
- Organization: Hewlett Packard Company, Spokane, Wa.
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- >In rec.autos.tech, brooks@mcnc.org (Ted Brooks) writes:
- >
- >In article <714294037.F00001@blkcat.UUCP> Frank.Mallory@f417.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Frank Mallory) writes:
- >> DT> And of course you could have a Model-T, without a generator or
- >> DT> alternator,
- >> DT> but it does have spark plug wires, and a battery to run the ignition.
- >>
- >>Didn't the Model-T have magneto ignition?
- >>
- >>
- >Yes, it did. No batteries required :-)
-
- Well, yes, but...
-
- What the Model-T had were 4 ignition coils(one per cylinder),
- which would provide spark voltage
- continuously while energized. They were energized though a distributor-like
- system on the low voltage side.
-
- The standard way for starting the car was to flip a switch so that this
- distributor was connected to a battery (typically a "Hot-Shot" battery or
- three #6 cells). You then cranked the engine. When it started, you would
- flip a switch to then run the ignition coils from the magneto.
-
- IF you had a stong arm, and IF everything was well tuned up, you COULD start
- the engine with just the magneto.
-
- Yeh, yeh, I know. Later Model-T's had electric starters and seperate
- generators to recharged the storage battery. But the ignition system stayed
- the same.
-
-
- Donald Borowski WA6OMI Hewlett-Packard, Spokane Division
- "Angels are able to fly because they take themselves so lightly."
- -G.K. Chesterton
-