New timing light

[jlaird]

Got a new inductive timing light, guess what the old one was bad. Boy was my timing off. Miss Agathas as well. LOL

Missed two shows, both rain outs as far as I was concerned. Kind of a suckie spring.

 

[bug_sixty]

think we sent the rain down your way.. Top down weather for the past couple of weeks up here!

 

[Jer]

on the advice of Jeff from advanced dist at Midget 50th this past summer I also got a new timing light, he recommended the old die cast / chrome craftsman type, he has found them to be very accurate... I got an old stock/unopened box one on ebay, works great & my 67 is running better, I think my old equus timing light had seen better days.

 

[Gray_Cat]

Jack:
What brand timing light did you buy?
Roy

 

[Sarastro]

I had one of those Craftsman lights for a long time. It worked just fine. Then I got seduced by digital timing lights, and bought an Actron cp7529, in part because of recommendations on this board. It worked great, lots of fun because you can set the timing you want, line up the marks, and everything is right.

Then, for some reason, a piece of powdered iron (or ferrite?) cracked and fell out of the clip that goes over the spark plug wire, and it wouldn't work after that--no surprise. So, I epoxied the piece back into place, keeping it as tight together as possible, and I hope now it will work--but I haven't tried it yet.

Meanwhile, I sold my old timing light on ebay. Sigh.

There's something to be said for simplicity...

 

[reddsprite]

After going thru a ton of timing lights over the years,I bought a Mac advance timing light and it is the most accurate and nicest light I have ever owned-excellent product