Bubba

[Ol' Ron]

Jim
I finaly have the chassis out of the cabinet. The strobe is fired by a 6V coil with a 2-5 wat resistor in series with the hi voltage lead. The chassis is competly buened up and it a wonder it did'n burn down the shop. What I'd like to do is just run the strobe as an engine, I can check advance and that's all I need. My question is: what kind of strobe does it use? can it be replaced by a modern one? Any suggestions?

Thanks OL Ron

[Lawrie]

Ron, When I built my distributor test machine I just bought a cheap timing light and got the guts out of it and used that,But be careful,while mucking around with it on the machine I got a hell of a belt from it.mind you I had my hands in amongst the wires.
Lawrie

[BUBBAS IGNITION]

I agree with Lawrie , a flamomg river timing light would supply the parts you would need.
I think the strobe is a small neon lamp...

[Dec211975]

OL Ron do you have an Allen distributor tester? I believe they had a telephone bulb in the strobe almost impossible to find now, tried to find one back in 2001 back when I was a product manager for an automotive rebuilder before the Chinese forced the company to close. This link might help you
http://www.distributortester.com/index.asp. Regards, Brian

[Ol' Ron]

Well The strobr worked very well before it burned up. I hope it still good I will get a 6V lantern battery, slap in a points dist and see it it works, If not, I'll look intousing a timing light.

[Richard in Florida]

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A Flaming River timing light would supply the parts you would need.
I think the strobe is a small neon lamp.

Actually, the Flaming River light uses a small xenon tube. I'm using the modified guts of one in my on-board timing light rig.

[jake197000]

i think there are 2 little neon bulbs in there.they are straight little tubes with the ends kind of pinched shut. call bob masters at the masters co. he might be able to direct you to some parts.he is the link above.very knowlagable on dist testers and such.

[Kahuna]

Richard,
Please explain the on-board light deal
Thanks
Jim

[Ronnie]

http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...utm_medium=CSE

http://www.goldmine-elec-products.co....asp?dept=1208

[Ol' Ron]

Thanks, do you have any cirtry for using one?

[Richard in Florida]

Originally Posted by Kahuna

Richard,
Please explain the on-board light deal.

It consists of a timing light mounted on the engine that fires with #1 cylinder, a tiny camera focused on a degree strip on the crank pulley, plus the wiring connecting the camera to a camcorder in the cabin.

It allows me to observe and videotape the actual real-time ignition timing as I drive down the road.

It's one part of a rig with which I can observe and record several engine performance parameters in real time. As I drive along I can narrate what the car is doing, driving conditions, and so forth.

It's my poor man's version of those mega-buck data acquisition setups.

[Ol' Ron]

The system Richard has designed to monitor engine perameters is just increadable. I was privlaged to see it in operation and I also recive DVD in the mail on some of the tests.. He also has an A/F meter in the mix, this allows for better tuning.