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86 240 DiD 9dead in driveway) 200 1986

posted by  melmac on  Wed Jun 26 19:46 CST 2002
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You said old timing light and that raises a bit of a question. How old is old? I have an old timing ligh that I never use anymore because it is the non-inductive type. It requires a spring-like adapter to be inserted between #1 plug and sparkplug lead, then one lead of the light clamps to the adapter. Inductive timing lights have a shielded clamp that you place on the #1 lead.

The reason I don't use the old one (other than convieniece) is that when electronic ignition came out, it was recommended that only inductive timing lights be used. I don't remember if the reason was to protect the eletronic module or if the old style just wasn't acurate with electronic ignition. Any of the pros out there have a better memory on this?

Mel






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