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Old 09-26-2011, 09:39 AM
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Stripped coil terminal post

If the threads on a terminal post on the coil gets stripped, such that the little nut will no longer tighten and stay tightened, is there a way to fix it? I.e., is it possible to replace those terminal posts? Or is that the end of that coil and you'd have to just replace the whole darn thing?
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Old 09-26-2011, 09:51 AM
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If I had a coil known to be otherwise good I would attempt to rethread the post with a smaller die, cheap at the Ace hardware. Take the nut with you, select the tap and go 1 size smaller but purchase the small die.
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Old 09-26-2011, 09:55 AM
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I've got a tap and die set that goes that small. I don't know that you'd be able to physically get the die in there - not enough clearance between the terminal post and central high-tension wire connection.
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In that case, with nothing to lose, I might make an attempt to solder another fitting onto what is left of the brass post.
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Old 09-26-2011, 10:05 AM
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Fortunately, I'm not quite at that point yet. I managed to find a little nut that seems to be holding. I'm not entirely sure whether it was the post or the nut that was slipping. But I'm thinking it's the post.

I'm still wondering whether it would be possible to pull or unscrew the old post. But I'm not going to perform surgery on my coil to find out! At least not until it won't hold the wires at all anymore.
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Old 09-26-2011, 10:43 AM
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Bill..my coils (plural, since I like to burn them up.. ) have a phillips head screw in the middle of the plug wire terminal..maybe the cap would come off the coil if you removed that screw?
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If the post is stripped down low could you use the first nut basically as a spacer and put another nut on the post that would grab the good threads? If the whole post is buggered up would something like a wire nut that has a tapper hold the nut in place temporarily? Thinking out loud. Dan S/V Marian Claire
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Had it happen this year troubleshooting a problem that turned out to be a condenser failure.....This was my 3rd coil try, my oldest coil...had it in and sure enough one post was stripped. Went into the box and found a small nut with teflon locking...it snugged up and is still there. FWIW
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use a metric nut
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