Re: best way to replace a coil
'56 mark 25 just got my new coils. i'm looking at how to get them apart. I need to get the old windings off of the laminate, which i could figure out easily enough but I will need to glue (epoxy) the new windings back on to the laminate. any tips or tricks out there, and what glue to use to put them back on. I only want to try this once so any help will be appreciated thanks ss
You don't need to glue the new coils onto the laminate. You slide the new coil ont the laminate and bend the tab back up.
You bend the tab down on the front of the coil and slide the coil off the laminate. However, it's not ever this easy.
Here's two ways:
The easiest way to remove the oil coil is to carefully cut the old coil with a hacksaw close to the laminate then peel back the layers next to your cut until you can break the coil in two and seperate it from the laminate. Don't get in a hurry and damage the laminate.
The other way is to put the coil body in a vice (not the laminate, but the coil) and take a small wooden dowel and tap on the end of the laminate to push it out of the coil. You don't want to use metal on metal or you can damage the laminate, and you have to be careful so you don't break the tab.
Usually once you get the coil started moving they usually come off pretty easy.
Since you will be tossing the coil in the trash, no need to be nice to it.
