8N coil

[Anonymous-0]

I have an 8N, I believe a 1952 model, that came with a farm we recently bought. It has been converted to a 12-volt alternator. It needs a new coil, and I need to find out if this should be a coil with a built-in resistor, or without. Can someone tell me which to get?

 

[Pat in KS]

Did they happen to leave the 6 volt parts left from the conversion? I have 3 8N's and the last one I scrounged was a 12 volt and it gave me all kinds of trouble. I finally gave up swithed back to its original 6 volt system. I know I'll catch "you know what" over saying that, but with my limited knowledge of tractors learned mostly from this forum and the school of expensive hard knocks, I've found it much easier to keep them original. I read the manual plus this forum and seem to muddle through all my trials and tribulations and have a lot of fun along the way. Everytime I drag one home and get it running, I promise the wife I'll sell it for a profit but I can't bear to part with them.....and besides I'm trying to convince her I need a tractor for every impliment we own!

 

[JMOR]

The short answer to the question you asked is, NAPA IC14SB...a true 12v coil that needs no resistor.

 

[souNdguy]

I bet you'd be hard pressed to actually find a 6v coil with a built in resistive element.

Get a native 12v coil like a 15$ NAPA IC14SB

if you forget the 'SB'.. it becomes a 50$ coil..

soundguy