![]() 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. ![]() 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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