Help! I'm burning up coils in my M43!!

[tobyS]

You might want to check out a modern electronic replacement.

Here is one thread to start;

https://www.steelsoldiers.com/showt...eplacement-and-electronic-ignition-conversion

I wanted to do that to my Power Wagon and never got around to it.

 

[ez8]

You might want to check out a modern electronic replacement.

Here is one thread to start;

https://www.steelsoldiers.com/showt...eplacement-and-electronic-ignition-conversion

I wanted to do that to my Power Wagon and never got around to it.

I can second this. I just did a similar upgrade to my M37 and the truck behaves so much better. Better response, better power, and it just sounds happier. It was an incredibly easy job, too. It took me an hour start to finish and 50 minutes of that was getting the ignitor in and out. Get an MV-161, you won't regret it.

 

[tobyS]

Just when I sold the PW, I discovered the modification and wished I had done it.

I'm going to do it to my F600 (4x4 boomtruck) with a 391 that burns through points.
I've been feeding the Ford points and condenser and an occasional coil for 25 years. It's to the point that the only tools I need to get it running is an emery board and straight screwdriver. I put one of the big 6TA's in it and all new 9.00/20NDT's....now have to fix a fitting or hose in the inner boom. Always something.