heathkit

[Jim Mason]

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]

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

[Jim Mason]

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

[Mike V. Florida]

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]

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]

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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]

Originally Posted by Mike V. Florida

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!!


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[SeaSlugs]

Originally Posted by BRENT in 10-uh-C

That has got to be the most un-MANly comment I have ever heard!!


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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]

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]

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]

Originally Posted by BRENT in 10-uh-C

That has got to be the most un-MANly comment I have ever heard!!


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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.

Your comment was funny though.

[5window]

Originally Posted by Mike V. Florida

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.

Your comment was funny though.

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

[wbedwards]

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]

Originally Posted by Mike V. Florida

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.

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]

Originally Posted by 5window

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]

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...