Ignition Coil Identification Question

[Christopher R.]

Found an AC Delco ignition coil marked "214" at a swap meet. What's it go to?

BTW, best place to find radio ignition interference capacitors is on junky old coils, generators, and voltage regulators. Real crummy ones go for only a few bucks each and sometimes you get brackets, capacitors, leads, etc. NOS overspray, grease, and rust are no extra charge.

[Joe L.]

Re: Ignition Coil Identification Question

chris-----

This was a PRODUCTION-only part number for a coil used for some 1955-62 GM application. It may or may not have included Chevrolet. Many of these PRODUCTION-only coil part numbers represent an ASSEMBLY which originally included a coil + bracket for use on particular applications. Once they become "seperated" from the bracket, they no longer are what the number implies. Of course, the number is embossed on the coil, so it lasts as long as the coil is around. I feel bad for these coils, sometimes. They're forever searching for their "true identity" which can't happen until they are re-united with the original-configuration bracket. Sadly, that rarely happens.

Anyway, the coil which bears the '114' number is actually a GM #1115091 coil. That's what it is "shorn" of its bracket. Later, the the 1115091 became the 1115202.