Where to find new ignition coil?

[garymb]

Hi,
Just to let you all know that the 2 coils arrived today at 4pm and that the car was running again by 6pm.
The hardest part of it was messing about with the expansion tank and ensuring that the new leads weren't cross-connected (although the coils being labelled made that nearly imposible!)
Thanks for all the advice, hopefully I'll be able to help somebody else out soon and maybe even buy some of you a pint!!

Steve.

Hi, I'm just about to fit 2 coils. Being a beginner at this stuff I thought I'd take a look at what I need to do. I loosened and shifted the expansion tank and peered down to where the coils are with a torch. It looks like a very tight space to work in with spanners or socket wrenches-- also the bolts seem to be inset into a recess in the coil housings. I'm probably an idiot, but at the risk of revealing how clueless I am, getting to these bolts looks a bit awkward to me with the tools I have (I dont have huge boxes of gleaming auto tools) . Any hints about how to get to them (which tool to use etc?)

[Enright]

You should be OK with a fairly basic 1/4" drive socket set, using about a 3" extension from the socket to the ratchet. They're 10mm bolts. The main worry is dropping any of them because if you do they just seem to completely disappear. Er, apparently! Watch out for losing the plastic insulating washers too...

[garymb]

You should be OK with a fairly basic 1/4" drive socket set, using about a 3" extension from the socket to the ratchet. They're 10mm bolts. The main worry is dropping any of them because if you do they just seem to completely disappear. Er, apparently! Watch out for losing the plastic insulating washers too...

that's great thanks! So you don't remove the coil plate to get to the coils more easily? Just remove the old ones and bolt the new ones onto the plate?

[Enright]

Ah. I see what you mean. The 10mm bolts are the ones that bolt the coil backplate to the inside of the engine bay.
The ones that bolt the actual coil packs to the backplate are only 5.5mm.
If you've got the right sized socket and a small extension bar you can easily remove each coil pack. It's only 2 bolts for each, so it's probably easier than removing the backplate and then unbolting the coils from it.

[garymb]

thanks

I'll try just replacing the coil packs in situ-- but if that proves too awkward I'll unbolt the backplate to get better access to those little recessed bolts on the packs themselves. Thanks for your patience.

[tweetdriver63]

This site ships the coils free in the U.S. (any order over $25 ships free), but they don't ship overseas.

http://www.streetsideauto.com/products.asp?ptid=3252&brand=BCCX&series=GM+2-Tower+Pack&partnumber=8224&Skip=True&LookupType=YMM&Reset=True

[nitroman]

Note that Summit has 3 different coils to do the job.

ACC-140017 Ships Today $38.95
ACCEL Ignition Coil, AC Delco Style Super DIS Coil, Coil Pack, Rectangle, Silicone, Yellow, 45,000 V, Each

MSD-8224 Ships Today $45.60
MSD Blaster Ignition Coil, DIS Performance Replacement, E-Core, Square, Epoxy, Red, 40,000 V, GM, Each

SUM-850017 Ships 8/24/08 $34.95
Summit Performance High Output Ignition Coil, Square, Epoxy, 40,000 V, Red, GM, DIS, Each

I'll be driving right by their McDonough, Georgia location late this month or early next.
UPS & FEDEX shipping has gone up a lot, especially to overseas, since petrol has shot up. Cheap gas is, or was (and yes you I know you pay $8.50) one of the reasons we have lower prices on consumer products inna da USA.

[PECKHS]

hi, i know this is an old thread, but is this the compatible ignition coil for our elan?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MSD-8224 ... 45f49a5a64

tks

[rip]

hi, i know this is an old thread, but is this the compatible ignition coil for our elan?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MSD-8224 ... 45f49a5a64

tks

Yes. Like many others, I am using those.
Nitroman listed that part in his previous post

[Specky]

In laymens terms:- a complete assembly consists of two coils and one base plate, I've only ever heard of one base plate giving up the ghost.

TTFN

[PECKHS]

Yes. Like many others, I am using those.
Nitroman listed that part in his previous post

tks rip... now will have to find a reseller who is willing to send over to singapore .

and i still can't take my eyes off your avatar everytime i see it

[prsloper]

You can find coils and plug leads on this web site . Intermotor.co.uk

http://www.intermotor.co.uk/?p=smpeurop ... 7j2us84pd2

[prsloper]

Just got my two new coils from: http://www.ignitioncoils.com/TY2007.htm Total cost including postage $41 to the Uk only had to wait 7 day for them to come from the USA. Both have been fitted today and my elan is starting and running better.

[ronjr]

Ignition Car Parts Ltd of Basildon

I phoned them and they said send the dual coils on their plate to us and we will test them FOC. They phoned me back the day after I sent them to say they were knackered.

Cost of each new coil £30 plus sending £7 plus overall VAT = grand total £80.

They were fitted within half an hour of arrival, tested on an extensive run and passed with flying colours.

car M100 LJR posted 7th August 2011