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Car Forum / Honda Cars / October 2005Craftsman timing lights--which one?
Sears offers two "heavy duty" timing lights, one for $50 and one for $70. The description of the more expensive one notes "0-60 degree advance scale for more accurate and easy timing measure". Is this a useful feature, worth another $20? Or will the $50 one be sufficient? I've never checked timing before, but am competent. Also, I'm assuming that the Craftsman Engine Analyzer is a reasonable choice for checking engine rpms. Would anyone suggest otherwise? Thanks. Last year I inquired here about timing lights. The consensus was to buy the cheapest one possible. See the reasoning in the thread at http://1tiny.com/306 Ebay has some very good deals on timing lights. > Sears offers two "heavy duty" timing lights, one for $50 and one for > $70. The description of the more expensive one notes "0-60 degree > advance scale for more accurate and easy timing measure". Is this a > useful feature, worth another $20? Or will the $50 one be sufficient? > I've never checked timing before, but am competent. > Last year I inquired here about timing lights. The consensus was to buy the > cheapest one possible. See the reasoning in the thread at > http://1tiny.com/306 ---------------------------- Not entirely perfect advice, because the 'cheapest one possible' is not worth backing over with your Honda, because it isn't electronic . . It's just a flash tube that runs off your high tension ignition spark, and you have to use it at night. Been there as a teenager, waited until dark. 'Curly' > Elle wrote: > > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Been there as a teenager, waited until dark. Yes, I guess I should have mentioned cheapest _induction_ timing light available. Induction timing lights being the type that have a lead clamping around an ignition wire. >Been there as a teenager, waited until dark. The one I had as a teenager worked in my parent's garage...  SignatureMike Iglesias Email: iglesias@draco.acs.uci.edu University of California, Irvine phone: 949-824-6926 Network & Academic Computing Services FAX: 949-824-2069 Look at http://www.iequus.com/item.asp?cid=20 first. Thanks, guys. Excellent info. Looks like those Equus folks make a cheaper tach, too: http://www.iequus.com/item.asp?cid=40 Do I need a code reader for a 94 Civic EX? I was looking for one awhile back, and now see that these guys make one. I'll check ebay for a light. > Looks like those Equus folks make a cheaper tach, too: > http://www.iequus.com/item.asp?cid=40 Any tach that doesn't use either an internal battery or the car's battery for power will not give accurate readings, except by chance. That model 3010 tach looks like a tach I bought for $5 long ago that was off by 20%, and I ended up gutting its circuitry and substituting a proper tach circuit from an electronics magazine. > Do I need a code reader for a 94 Civic EX? I was looking for one awhile > back, and now see that these guys make one. Pre-1996 cars generally have ways to read codes without any special equipment, and I believe Hondas made even after that year allow this, at least to a limited extent. Factory and Mitchell manuals cover this area much better than Haynes and other third party manuals do. However if your 1994 is similar to a 1995, here's free access to a factory manual: www.honda.co.uk/owner/CivicManual/ |
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