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GB SISSON · 09-21-2023, 10:50 PM

The RPM function I want for adjusting idle and timing. Dwell I have never dealt with. Used for setting points? I have used a feeler gauge for 54 years and then set the timing by ear. But now the subject interests me more. I bought an old craftsman inductive timing light a couple years ago at a yard sale. Before that I never used one. So for dwell I look up my specs and see if my needle reads at that spec. If not I open or close the gap to suit?

09-21-2023, 10:50 PM	#5
GB SISSON Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Orcas Island Washington Posts: 5,040	Re: Dixson Tach Dwell tester The RPM function I want for adjusting idle and timing. Dwell I have never dealt with. Used for setting points? I have used a feeler gauge for 54 years and then set the timing by ear. But now the subject interests me more. I bought an old craftsman inductive timing light a couple years ago at a yard sale. Before that I never used one. So for dwell I look up my specs and see if my needle reads at that spec. If not I open or close the gap to suit? __________________ Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1946 Tonner Pickup with 226 H six, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, now wearing 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)