How? i need to clean the coils for my 1947 cigarette lighter? any one ever restored the coils whats the best way? besides heating it up?

thanks

 

I'd ussually just go to auto zone and buy one for 6$ that looks close...though if yours is for a 1947 car it may be pretty far off from the ones available at a parts store. Other than that, I've never tried rebuilding one. Good luck.

 

1947 what?? Is it popular enough to have re-pop's available?

If it looks how I think it looks, you might have a couple options. One is, that back then, they used to use fancy ***** on standard cig lighters. SO you might be able to find a new cig lighter, and just install your **** on it.

Another option is, if you can get the coil out, just install a newer coil in your older assembly.

Both of these options might take some work, as they usually arent designed to be taken apart I dont think. But I dont think you'll be able to restore your coils to look like new. Just due to heating up, getting corroded, and getting whatever they were lighting all over them, the coils are probably pretty ugly.

J.

 

There were no 3rd gen f-bodies in 1947, so I don't think this belongs here!