:? the mac guy told me it wasent for electric ignition :shock: apparently it was for diesel. The dwell function actually works like it should even though it’s digital. I’ve been using that one for several years now as well. Very convenient to be able to check voltage, dwell, timing, advance, and tach. Been using it for about 10 years now with no problems. All USA made when I bought it.īnam wrote: I have the innova 5568. You can look up some on Ebay.īut any other cheaper ones will work too. those numbers are reference points nothing more. then.if you change something this also may change.also weather may affect it too.as can fuel.learn your engine. then remember what it needs to be.right it down too. the actual timing numbers mean squat.the engine can not read.tune it for what it needs and wants, not what the guy down the street says is best.( unless he is the tuner and knows what he is dong. so witch was right?the 4 that read withen 1 degree? or one of the other ones? find the one that you like and works good and is repeatable. I compared about 8 light all at the same time and seperatly on the same engine.about half read the same some were up to 4 degrees off. I bought one from Napa, seems to be of good quality and works well. Thanks, I saw that one, but wasn't sure if it was from the bad old 90's or good old 80's. If you end up with it let me know, i have the original case and manual. Looks like the inductive pick up got too close to someone's header :lol: Some say the light isn't as bright as conventional ones, bright enough to do the job IMO. Nice light, Runs off batteries in the body of the unit so it can go anywhere. Maybe find a way to connect my tach to that so I don't have multiple big stupid clamps on my coil.īought an ESI self powered timing light. I think I'll get one of the 80's Suns on ebay. I do have my homemade clamp on tach () but it was handy to have it built into the timing light. I would generally use like once every two years.
I bought a $20 xenon timing light through Amazon, don't think it has advance feature, and know it has no tach feature, but for my own usages, it's fine. Last summer it started acting up, and beyond my knowledge base/pay grade to fix it. WOOT!ĭecades ago, I was given an old Craftsman timing light. Gene Berg will be done with my case this week. I still need to find a bellhousing so I can bench start the new engine. I even use it for bench starting fresh engines. It never fails to get me through the engine timing task. I have an Optima deep cycle (Yellow Top) I use for the power supply. The circuitry shuts them off after a few seconds, then you have to reset.Ī buddy of mine was trying a lawn tractor battery. I bought on of the little 18650 based lithium packs, but they don't stay hot very long. My jumper pack crapped itself and splooged battery acid all over a while back. It's been three years since killing a timing light. The trick I use is to use an auxiliary battery, not tied to the vw charging system and an inductive pickup.
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I just watch for the mech advance hit full advance and adjust from there. But it does have the timing advance feature. I was using the VW as a power supply.įor whatever reason, the charging circiut was causing the timing light burn out on the first try at timing the engine.
an old Sears Penske, and three HF timing lights.
However, I found out after burning up an Acton. You can't really go wrong with an old Sun timing light. I've been looking at eBay for some vintage Sun and Matco stuff, but they only have advance, not tach.ĭoes anybody make something of decent quality? Or should I give up on the all-in-one and get an old Sun? The latest rape van timing lights are just rebadged versions of those. None of those have consistently good reviews over time. I'm looking around and pretty much all we have are bottom feeder Chinese garbage, Innova, and Acton. To confirm it wasn't the car, I plugged in an ancient one, worked great. Now it shorts out the ignition when connected. I bought the high end Innova and it failed after like 5 uses (even though it's 3 years old. View original topic: Who sells an actual good quality timing light? :: View topic - Who sells an actual good quality timing light? Forumsįorum Index -> General/Chat -> Who sells an actual good quality timing light?
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