1940 Buick Electrolock coil

[Guest gossir00]

If you have a rebuilt 1940 Buick Electrolock coil please respond to this posting with price shipped to zip code 27513.

Rick

[Guest Rob McDonald]

If you have to ask, you don't have one. For the curious, like me:

[From 1930 to 1939 National Service Manual, according to http://restorecarsclassifieds.com/wiki/article.php?n=5202]

"The Electrolock is an ingnition switch mounted on the dash consisting of a lock cylinder in a steel case which is connected to the distributor housing terminal by an armored cable. The breaker lead from the coil is carried inside the cable which is fastened to the breaker terminal by a special design non-removable clip connection. This absolutely prevents tampering with the ignition circuit and prevents the car being started with the ignition turned off since the breaker is grounded through the Electrolock case and through the distributor attachment."

[kgreen]

Has anyone ever tried to pry one apart, rewire it and regain function?

 

The link posted above is inop.

[Bloo]

There are a couple of guys on the VCCA forum who rebuild them. People have also done it on their own. There are two basic classes of them, the early kind goes to the distributor and shorts the points out (early 30s) and the later one goes to the coil and switches power to it. I would look around for old electrolock threads on http://vccachat.org .

[kgreen]

I've decided to repair mine. 

 

Edited April 16, 2020 by kgreen (see edit history)