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Still working on Dads '40. I was looking at the coil and it has a metal housing that comes from inside the car to the top ( really bottom) of the coil. Wondering how to go about taking it apart to check for power at the + terminal, that is if thats whats under that cap.
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My 36 should be the same. you turn the cap slightly counterclockwise and lift up. yours may have a small locking screw on the side as I have seen that before.
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So is it possible to remove the cover on the coil with out the tool (J-726) without wrecking it?
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I think you can use a feeler guage but not sure. Hopfully someone will chime in. 
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I cut a hacksaw blade down & tried to use it. I wasn't in the correct spot & ended up destroying the coil. Once I got it off I used my dremmel tool and ground down the locking tab in the electrolock cap so I won't have that issue again.
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On mine, I used a chisel and hammer and gently tapped it around the edge and it popped off. However, I think that worked because the locking mechanism was worn. A hacksaw blade and other items around the shop were nowhere near thin enough.
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The cap on my coil is removed by turning the cap a few degrees counterclockwise and lifting straight up. Never needed a tool to pry it off.
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Your locking mechanism wasn't working or you wouldn't have been able to turn it to get it off. You don't pry with the tool. It releases the locking tab to allow the cap to be turned. The hacksaw blade I used was too thick at first but I ground it down enough to get it between the coil and cap but discovered after I ruined the oil coil that I was in the wrong spot. The picture I had as a guide was incorrect.
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I would think that you could find a flat feeler guage that would fit. My electro lock had already been "fixed" before I got it so you could just pop it off with out having to release the tab.
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The car that I'm working on is a 1 owner car with 28,000. miles on it. I'm working real hard to keep things as OE as possible.
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