My 30 year old craftsman has a bad connector. I need to replace it and was wondering if the timing lights with advance are accurate? Do they work for setting total advance without using timing tape or making marks?
just bought the top o the lline one from Cambodian Tire because it also has a Tach which I don't have in the car now I can't figure out how to check for my current total all in ,do I still set the light for the # I want and turn the dizzy till the mark lines up at zero like my old light or what , a little help here eh oldkimmer.darn it I should have bought the static light for 100 bucks less and got a cheap tach to go with it .
thanks thats what I thought but the chinese instructions keep telling me to zero the light which is only going to tell me how much advance I have , which I already know, I have the blue bushing in my MSD dizzy which is 21 degrees , maybe I should drop that to the 18 degree black bushingCambodian Tire? LMFAO! :cheers:
To check for total all in, rev it up to where all in should be, and dial in the light till you see zero on the damper and read the dial (or LED readout).
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thanks thats what I thought but the chinese instructions keep telling me to zero the light which is only going to tell me how much advance I have , which I already know, I have the blue bushing in my MSD dizzy which is 21 degrees , maybe I should drop that to the 18 degree black bushing
comp 10.2 :1 elevation well that depends which way I drive down the street and the tide tables , I live on an island in the north pacific ,I was wondering about the 16 initial as well but I want to get to 32 total in a perfect world . The black is the biggest bushing so that's my limitation I think , we'll just have to see how she runs with 14 initial since 14 plus the 18 advance is 32 , first I have to solve an even dumber problem however , the drivers side water pump blocks the dampener from sight all I can see is the back edge so I have to figure out a way to transfer the timing mark from the perimeter to the back side at the outer edge , heading out for some good sticky tape to draw a line on which I am then going to try to wrap over the edge so the line I draw on it wraps the edge at exactly the same place as the existing timing mark , should be fun in the cramped space available lol . Thanks for all the help by the way .