Posted by JRSutton on January 31, 2013 at 08:11:21 from (75.130.109.233):
I know somebody on this board can answer this - it's probably easy.
What IS this thing? My buddy bought a 47 ford truck, and this came in a box of "extra parts" so I'm only assuming it's auto related - certainly looks it.
It's marked Echlin C55 6 Volt. Google gives me nothing.
I had a few theories - at fist I thought some kind of motor, but I don't think it is.
The small knurled knob on the rounded end (fuzzy picture) as a through hole, but the knob itself seems to fill nothing but a blind hole. But I can't be sure.
So I started thinking that perhaps its some kind of old style of ignition coil. Maybe the knurled knob would hold the primary wire?
What really threw me though is when I unscrewed the finned metal cap - it's got a lightbulb in it! Under that solid metal cap.
... ???
I'm still leaning towards ignition coil as a wild guess, and maybe the bulb either warms it up for some reason - or acts as a resistor ???
Problem is, if it IS an ignition coil, I can't imagine I've made it this far in life without ever seeing one.
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