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Jim Mason 04-20-2015 06:56 PM

heathkit
 

I've picked up a heathkit ignition analyzer ia-1a and I'm looking for manuals & photos. I have the scematics..any help is appreciated.

MAG 04-20-2015 08:43 PM

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www.vintagemanuals.com/manual/Heathkit/IA-1A‎
Here you go. $24.

Jim Mason 04-20-2015 08:50 PM

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Thanks...that's the assembly manual...now for operating etc

Mike V. Florida 04-20-2015 10:26 PM

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This is why I don't purchase anything unless I can find a manual first.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/231486626126

Although the auction has ended it did not sell. Try contacting the seller.

marc hildebrant 04-21-2015 08:24 AM

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Heathkit manuals use to be available free as a download pdf file from a number of sites. However, the Heathkit name was bought and the present owner of the Heathkit name also says that he owns the copyright on the manuals. I believe that they can be bought from him.

I have seen some web sites outside of the US that still have the manuals available for free.

Marc

Curt Campbell 04-21-2015 02:17 PM

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Not related..but I LOVE Heathkit radio kits and put many together as a kid. Walkie talkies to short waves. Nice memory..thanks

BRENT in 10-uh-C 04-21-2015 02:39 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike V. Florida (Post 1072755)
This is why I don't purchase anything unless I can find a manual first.

That has got to be the most un-MANly comment I have ever heard!! http://www.model-a-ford.com/ROFL.gif


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SeaSlugs 04-21-2015 06:52 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BRENT in 10-uh-C (Post 1073031)
That has got to be the most un-MANly comment I have ever heard!! http://www.model-a-ford.com/ROFL.gif


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lol exactly, only consult the manual when one of 2 things happens:

A you have leftover parts that look important

B when you think your done but what you have doesn't look like the box

Jim Mason 04-21-2015 07:20 PM

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Thanks, I never thought to search completed auctions. I've used other scopes so I'm fairly confident on how to use it...mostly I just want the documentation.

FL&WVMIKE 04-22-2015 10:37 AM

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I built a Heathkit Amplifier in the mid 50s. It worked great and I still have it in my attic.
I remember that my mother was not allowed to come in to clean my room, while I was building it. They came with a million parts and a road map, like, set of instructions, on how they went together. It was one tiny step at a time. I will never forget it.
It was, as if you knew anything about electronics, you would take shortcuts, and screw it up. I knew nothing and followed each and every step. Mine worked the first time.
MIKE :) (mikeburch)

Mike V. Florida 04-22-2015 10:49 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BRENT in 10-uh-C (Post 1073031)
That has got to be the most un-MANly comment I have ever heard!! http://www.model-a-ford.com/ROFL.gif


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HEY!!! I even waited until I received the catalogs from the A vendors, found the web sites/forums for the Model A, and joined a club before I bought my first A. I wanted to be sure I could operate and get the car repaired before I bought it. :mad:

Your comment was funny though. :D

5window 04-22-2015 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Mike V. Florida (Post 1073469)
HEY!!! I even waited until I received the catalogs from the A vendors, found the web sites/forums for the Model A, and joined a club before I bought my first A. I wanted to be sure I could operate and get the car repaired before I bought it. :mad:

Your comment was funny though. :D

Ha! You probably even had the title to your car before working on it, right? :)

wbedwards 04-22-2015 12:27 PM

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I bought a Heathkit active audio processor kit in 79. It was a professional, good looking kit and it took days of assembly to get it all together. I still have and use it on my system from the 70s. It gives a sense of satisfaction that I built it. I have had to replace a resistor and capacitor in it and it was good to have all the schematics and manual because it really needed calibrating after that.

wbedwards

CarlG 04-22-2015 12:33 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike V. Florida (Post 1073469)
HEY!!! I even waited until I received the catalogs from the A vendors, found the web sites/forums for the Model A, and joined a club before I bought my first A. I wanted to be sure I could operate and get the car repaired before I bought it. :mad:

Here's my story:

About a year before I actually purchased my current rig, there was on display in my living room, a Model A 19" tire and wheel, complete with lug nuts and hub cap. Then in my office was an instrument panel, complete with all the gauges and ignition switch. All this as a constant reminder of my goal at hand. (It had been 50 years since I had owned a Model A, and I was determined to get another one.)

Then, after I made the deal for the PU in my avatar, it was several months before I actually had it in hand. During that time, I had a bunch of the manuals and catalogs already in hand. Had contacted and joined the local Model A club, and had made acquaintances with quite a few of the local "A" owners that I didn't know existed. A half dozen of these guys were there with me when they unloaded my prize out of the container on a cold February afternoon.

Mike V. Florida 04-22-2015 12:47 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 5window (Post 1073504)
Ha! You probably even had the title to your car before working on it, right? :)

My son's car, yes as a matter of fact!

Jim Mason 04-22-2015 12:51 PM

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Well the manual that Mike pointed out was sold. anybody else spots one let me. I'll be off on the search...
I still have and use my heath kit amp, and dwell tach meter...


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