timing light and dwell meter

[dslywalker]

What's a good brand to buy these days.Say 50-75 bucks on the timing light and 50 on the Dwell-Tach meter.I haven't had a timing light in years but acquired a 74 CHEV truck to rebuild so need a dwell meter now.
Thanx Mike

 

[BrockGrimes]

Can be had at autozone or sears or amazon:



I bought a nice timing light from napa.

 

[Old Dog]

Mine are both from sears, they are older than your jeep and still working.
Not sure about the quality of sears now though.

 

[BajaEdition]

It has been years since I bought a dewell meter, Mine is a Sunn, I do not even know if they are around anymore, bought them 20 plus years ago. I wpould check out swap meets, could find a deal on a old professional model there.

 

[IOPort51]

I was amazed at what these things cost these days!! I say go as in expensive as you can, you will use it about 6 times in this life time. The first thing to do to the truck is upgrade the ignition to something made in this millennium. Nuclear war aside, points suck.

 

[dslywalker]

I was thinking Sears but I'm with you who makes them. A swapmeet might produce a oldie but goodie. We have a few around here,I'll go this weekend. Like IO says I need to get rid of the points.
I still have my dwell adjusting tool thou.Could sell it as a antique.I'll also check Napa,I think the ones I gave away years ago came from K-Mart probably still work.
Remember when JC Pennys sold tools.I still have a complete tool set by
Penncraft.
Thanx for the advice guys.
Mike

 

[chris insull]

I have an old Sears model that always served me well... when I had points. My take is; for the price of a decent Dwell Meter you could probably go Pertronix and forget about it.

 

[TDHofstetter]

My ancient Actron is still working - it was cheap back then, so I figure I owe IT something at this point.

 

[dslywalker]

My ancient Actron is still working - it was cheap back then, so I figure I owe IT something at this point.

Yep I got a box of tools that I'll never use again.I keep them cause they served me well.Just can't throw them away
Mike

 

[LongHorn]

I use an old Craftsman Dial Advance I've owned maybe 20 years.