I ordered the EQU-5568 from Amazon. Good price there...Summit was $40 more. Plus free shipping, so more like $50 less.
It had the voltage indicator and with electric fans it is not as a big deal the old blade fans but it nice to keep to a cords to a minimum. Bonus is when the fans kick on, I can see the how the electrical system responds.
-- Edited by Enganeer on Monday 19th of March 2012 03:38:57 PM
Enganeer said
Mar 19, 2012
This weekend my timing light leaked out all the wire smoke inside and no longer works.
Voltage was good at 14.4 at alternator, so it was an overcharged voltage, just a cheaper timing light meeting it's end.
So what are some good timing lights?
SteveS said
Mar 19, 2012
I've got an Equus one like this: Link. It's worked good the few times I've used it. I like the tach displayed on the back and you can dial the advance into the light.
dashboard said
Mar 19, 2012
I just bought this one.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/EQU-5568/
Amazon.com $99.00
Chris R said
Mar 19, 2012
I have a high end Mac tools digital but thats way overkill and too costly for the home user. Either one of these Aqus models will do just fine and if I didnt have a light at all, I would probably pick one of these. Probably the best deal.
jim larson said
Mar 21, 2012
I got the Equus 3568 from Amazon, when all was said and done, total price was about $30 because I applied for their credit card.
dashboard said
Mar 21, 2012
My EQU-5568 arrived Monday I actually took some time and read the short manual, looks like it’s going to be a handy tool, I like the voltage readout feature.
Now I just need a motor to play with.
SShink said
Mar 21, 2012
Wow! That one makes my $30 light look like a relic from the stone ages!
Derek69SS said
Mar 21, 2012
I thought LS motors made timing lights obsolete.
dashboard said
Mar 22, 2012
Derek69SS wrote:
I thought LS motors made timing lights obsolete.
Some of us are still in the dark ages trading pretty rocks for food, women and beer; I sure wish I had that LS engine.
Chris R said
Mar 22, 2012
dashboard wrote:
Derek69SS wrote:
I thought LS motors made timing lights obsolete.
Some of us are still in the dark ages trading pretty rocks for food, women and beer; I sure wish I had that LS engine.
Store it next to the dwell meter or under the engine scope.
Chris R said
Mar 22, 2012
Derek69SS wrote:
I thought LS motors made timing lights obsolete.
They have actually been obsolete long before that even. As far back as the late 80's when the computer controlled the timing meant you never even had to mess with it even when they had a distributor.
Some vehicles like my 4.3L GMC Jimmy (same thing as S10 blazer) has a distributor but there is a slot in the distributor housing and a tab in the intake so you cant turn it either way without pulling the distributor back out and removing the tab. But it doesnt serve any point when the computer is controlling timing anyways.
This year is my 19th year as an auto technician (and my last) and I can think of only once where I used a timing light in the field, and only because the customer came in with an old body style early 90's F250 that wanted his timing checked. Its gotten way more personal use.
The days of making horsepower by changing weights and advancing or retarding timing have been over for over 20 years now. Especially when OBDII came along (several OBD1's had manual timing).
John D said
Mar 22, 2012
LS motors are making mechanics obsolete... and programmers rich.
Chris R said
Mar 22, 2012
John D wrote:
LS motors are making mechanics obsolete... and programmers rich.
Boy aint that the truth. Although they are still needed for maintenance and such. The laptop and/or scan tool is becomming commonplace in tool boxes next to wrenches and sockets. With engines becomming so much more reliable now, you hardly ever have to touch the engine to ever fix anything.
GM's LS motors are far superior to the small block motors they replaced in almost every way. Reliability and especially performance. 300K miles with just maintenance is not a problem and a simple cam/intake/headers on a 5.3 or 6.0 gives you well over 400 horse, dang near 500HP in some cases.
Fords current generation of 6 cylinder engines are industrictable compared to the previous 6 cylinder they replaced.
I dont know anything about the Chrysler products these days but I havent seen anything negative about them and havent seen a lot of them in any shops I have worked in. Knew a few guys with 300's and both guys liked them a lot. In laws have a new Caravan which they traded in another late model Caravan for. They havent ever complained about them.
I ordered the EQU-5568 from Amazon. Good price there...Summit was $40 more. Plus free shipping, so more like $50 less.
It had the voltage indicator and with electric fans it is not as a big deal the old blade fans but it nice to keep to a cords to a minimum. Bonus is when the fans kick on, I can see the how the electrical system responds.
-- Edited by Enganeer on Monday 19th of March 2012 03:38:57 PM
This weekend my timing light leaked out all the wire smoke inside and no longer works.
Voltage was good at 14.4 at alternator, so it was an overcharged voltage, just a cheaper timing light meeting it's end.
So what are some good timing lights?
I've got an Equus one like this: Link. It's worked good the few times I've used it. I like the tach displayed on the back and you can dial the advance into the light.
I just bought this one.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/EQU-5568/
Amazon.com $99.00
I have a high end Mac tools digital but thats way overkill and too costly for the home user. Either one of these Aqus models will do just fine and if I didnt have a light at all, I would probably pick one of these. Probably the best deal.
I got the Equus 3568 from Amazon, when all was said and done, total price was about $30 because I applied for their credit card.
My EQU-5568 arrived Monday I actually took some time and read the short manual, looks like it’s going to be a handy tool, I like the voltage readout feature.
Now I just need a motor to play with.
Wow! That one makes my $30 light look like a relic from the stone ages!
I thought LS motors made timing lights obsolete.
Some of us are still in the dark ages trading pretty rocks for food, women and beer; I sure wish I had that LS engine.
Store it next to the dwell meter or under the engine scope.
They have actually been obsolete long before that even. As far back as the late 80's when the computer controlled the timing meant you never even had to mess with it even when they had a distributor.
Some vehicles like my 4.3L GMC Jimmy (same thing as S10 blazer) has a distributor but there is a slot in the distributor housing and a tab in the intake so you cant turn it either way without pulling the distributor back out and removing the tab. But it doesnt serve any point when the computer is controlling timing anyways.
This year is my 19th year as an auto technician (and my last) and I can think of only once where I used a timing light in the field, and only because the customer came in with an old body style early 90's F250 that wanted his timing checked. Its gotten way more personal use.
The days of making horsepower by changing weights and advancing or retarding timing have been over for over 20 years now. Especially when OBDII came along (several OBD1's had manual timing).
Boy aint that the truth. Although they are still needed for maintenance and such. The laptop and/or scan tool is becomming commonplace in tool boxes next to wrenches and sockets. With engines becomming so much more reliable now, you hardly ever have to touch the engine to ever fix anything.
GM's LS motors are far superior to the small block motors they replaced in almost every way. Reliability and especially performance. 300K miles with just maintenance is not a problem and a simple cam/intake/headers on a 5.3 or 6.0 gives you well over 400 horse, dang near 500HP in some cases.
Fords current generation of 6 cylinder engines are industrictable compared to the previous 6 cylinder they replaced.
I dont know anything about the Chrysler products these days but I havent seen anything negative about them and havent seen a lot of them in any shops I have worked in. Knew a few guys with 300's and both guys liked them a lot. In laws have a new Caravan which they traded in another late model Caravan for. They havent ever complained about them.