Chumwon91
Registered User
Hello everyone, after years I finally managed to come across a timing light for the old diesels at an auction and was pumped to get it! Seems very complete and for $35 I'm more than happy and worth the risk that it still works. After studying the instructions I finally tried it yesterday on the ole 7.3 and it worked!
My questions about it though is
1. There's 2 holes in the timing ticker on the harmonic balancer. I used the taller one closer to the center of the motor. Is that the correct one?
2. What rpm do I check at? I did 2000 on my practice run but I've seen people say 1800 and 1400 aswell.
3. What number am I shooting for? I've seen .5-1.5 and I've also seen 5-7?
I know the luminosity isn't the most desired way but it's what I got to work with unfortunately. In my practice run at 2000rpm I got -.5 are negative numbers what I'm going for since it's atdc instead of btdc?
I do greatly appreciate any of your guys input. It's been years I've wanted to check the timing and am excited to do so! Thanks a ton in advance everyone!!
PS. I had to make a new account because I forgot my password an my email was being a pain!!!lol
My questions about it though is
1. There's 2 holes in the timing ticker on the harmonic balancer. I used the taller one closer to the center of the motor. Is that the correct one?
2. What rpm do I check at? I did 2000 on my practice run but I've seen people say 1800 and 1400 aswell.
3. What number am I shooting for? I've seen .5-1.5 and I've also seen 5-7?
I know the luminosity isn't the most desired way but it's what I got to work with unfortunately. In my practice run at 2000rpm I got -.5 are negative numbers what I'm going for since it's atdc instead of btdc?
I do greatly appreciate any of your guys input. It's been years I've wanted to check the timing and am excited to do so! Thanks a ton in advance everyone!!
PS. I had to make a new account because I forgot my password an my email was being a pain!!!lol