What have you done to your square lately??

[Sad Sack]

We better keep them and take care of them as they may go the way of the typewriter.

I'm running a (still working) Sun unit I bought in the early 80's with dwell meter, compression gauge and remote starter; Craftsman is ok but ....

...now I'm waiting for the "what's a dwell meter" questions...

 

[TotalyHucked]

I actually do know what a dwell meter is, just don't know how to use it lol

 

[gilby959798]

I'm running a (still working) Sun unit I bought in the early 80's with dwell meter, compression gauge and remote starter; Craftsman is ok but ....

...now I'm waiting for the "what's a dwell meter" questions...

When is the last time you actually installed points and a condenser? The old man still has some Ac Delco and Motorcraft units in the parts cabinet. He did end up converting to an electronic ignition on the 67 though.

 

[bucket]

Yeah I need to buy something with a carb and get him to show me the ways. He did when I was in HS but I haven't had anything with a carb in 18yrs so none of that was retained

We're all gonna give you the nickname of "Fuelie". In the most affectionate way of course

 

[Sad Sack]

I actually do know what a dwell meter is, just don't know how to use it lol

It also goes by another name now, "Dust Collector".

 

[Sad Sack]

When is the last time you actually installed points and a condenser? The old man still has some Ac Delco and Motorcraft units in the parts cabinet. He did end up converting to an electronic ignition on the 67 though.

Many, many moons ago...on a '73 Z28 I owned in the 80s. Just don't have the courage to get rid of it.

 

[Bextreme04]

I'm running a (still working) Sun unit I bought in the early 80's with dwell meter, compression gauge and remote starter; Craftsman is ok but ....

...now I'm waiting for the "what's a dwell meter" questions...

I mean.... you really only need one if you are running a points distributor.

They are nice to have for diagnostics on most distributors, because they can tell you if their is an issue with an ignition control module or trigger that would otherwise be hard to find.

They are completely useless on a modern car, since the dwell is set in the computer and is dependent only on the coil part number.

It's interesting to note that dwell is one of the biggest benefits to going CNP on a modern engine. Most points distributors tell you to run ~28-32 degrees of dwell timing. Most primary coils need AT LEAST 2.5ms of dwell time to achieve maximum charge on the coil. At 5k RPM, 2.5ms takes 40 degrees of timing. So, if you have a single ignition coil, you have to short charge the coil in order to allow all cylinders to fire. With individual coil packs, there is ample time to get a full charge on every coil even at 7k+ RPM.

 

[ChuckN]

That looks great!!

Thanks man! I got connected with a local guy who specializes in preserving patina in older vehicles, comes highly recommended. He’s agreeable to meeting up to give pointers since it’s as far as I want to go with my limited knowledge. Might be a big nothing burger and he just tells me to leave it as is.

 

[82sbshortbed]

I use dwell command here at work every now and again.

G04 F2.0 = 2 seconds of dwelling.
For Okuma controls

Use it for flat drills once to depth in Z.

G04 P2.0 for fanuc controls

 

[WFO]

We're all gonna give you the nickname of "Fuelie". In the most affectionate way of course

I like Fuelie, but it reminds me of the late 50s, early 60s, and Double Hump Heads.

 

[TotalyHucked]

I like Fuelie, but it reminds me of the late 50s, early 60s, and Double Hump Heads.

That nickname actually works pretty well cuz I refer to anything pre-90s that had fuel injection as an option or late in the life cycle of the vehicle as a Fuelie. It confuses alot of people when I refer to '87 trucks as Fuelie's lol

 

[Old Guy Bill]

Today I had a fuel pump failure in my '78.
Pulled out of a parking lot about midday (90+ degrees) she bogged and died.
Got it off the side of a busy 4 lane road, pulled the pump line.. nothing.
Called the wife and a wrecker.

 

[xm20k]

When is the last time you actually installed points and a condenser? The old man still has some Ac Delco and Motorcraft units in the parts cabinet. He did end up converting to an electronic ignition on the 67 though.

Haven't messed with points in probably 25+ years. I had a 62 chevy II 2 door hard top with a 283 and a powerglide.

I have a Sears dwell meter from my dad and a lone wolf 5000, mines home made from the alligator clamps from an old battery charger and a heavy-duty momentary starter button mounted in a small project box. Can't tell you the last time I've seen either one of them, but they are in there somewhere.

Edit: I found an old chrome cheese grater looking battery load tester the other day no idea what brand it is that must have been his as well and somehow, I ended up with it. Not sure if it works was too scared to try it on my brand-new Optima.

 

[WFarm]

Here are my old school tools. Timing lights are used maybe a couple times a year. Remote starters more often lol. The Volt/Dwell/Tach is rarely used and then only to monitor RPM.

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[mxer147]

Dyeing the red carpet brown, first used chocolate brown dye which turned red to maroon, drained that and used black so I will call it mystery color until it’s been rinsed. I bought this heater to get up to 180F which directions state is needed for 60 mins. Be careful, if the heater isn’t completely submerged, you could get a hot steam shower which will burn you when you pull the cover off and it’s not unplugged. Luckily I only took a minor hit to my fingers. It was completely submerged when I put the cover on.