what timing lights do you guys like?

I need to buy a new timing light and would like some recomendations.

MSD light is what I have now. you can see the timing marks even in bright day light.

mitch wrote:I need to buy a new timing light and would like some recomendations.

One wire, internal battery powered Snap-On ... you'll use it a lot more because it's SOooooo easy.

i have a digital mac and a snap on .... and they are all off ...the msd works the best

I picked up on of these a couple of years ago on ebay. It works great. Brighter than a couple of newer ones I have.

Read the article. Good info.

http://www.dragracingonline.com/technical/vii_10-lights-1.html

David Cole wrote:I picked up on of these a couple of years ago on ebay. It works great. Brighter than a couple of newer ones I have.

Read the article. Good info.

http://www.dragracingonline.com/technical/vii_10-lights-1.html

Yep thats the one I got

old cheap chrome craftsman here..................best light I ever had, had it like 20 years lol.

bruno wrote:i have a digital mac and a snap on .... and they are all off ...the msd works the best

The Snap-On that I have has been checked numerous times and is right-on however, it has NO dial adjust timing feature ... it shows what the timing IS, period.

Whatever is decided upon, use that SAME light every time not a few different ones.

I think I read somewhere, or heard it that the dial adjustable light will give an inaccurate reading with MSD ing. Anyone else heard that?

MSD for me

richter69 wrote:old cheap chrome craftsman here..................best light I ever had, had it like 20 years lol.

Same here, had it forever seems like.

BigDave65 wrote:

richter69 wrote:old cheap chrome craftsman here..................best light I ever had, had it like 20 years lol.

Same here, had it forever seems like.

mine is retired, I have been using a Snap-On non digital with the dial.

richter69 wrote:old cheap chrome craftsman here..................best light I ever had, had it like 20 years lol.

same here. had an MSD and Snap-on before and they were both exactly 6 degrees off.

I have the Chrome Actron from Advance Auto looks just like Rick's craftman I think I payed around 60 BUCKS FOR IT AND WORKS GREAD ON MSD

whatbumper wrote:

richter69 wrote:old cheap chrome craftsman here..................best light I ever had, had it like 20 years lol.

same here. had an MSD and Snap-on before and they were both exactly 6 degrees off.

WE TESTED A bunch of lights a few years ago and found it wasnt the light fault , it was the plug wires, some are so thick some lights picked up better then others, test this by useing a cheap wire sometime over a thick wire, we started carrying a stock wire just to check timing on a few diff engines.



i have a 20.00 sears,and a 400.00 snapon, both always read the same,one a dial,other a dit.





-rich





and yes always use the same light on the same engine

whats the # on the old chrome craftsman timing light, think I have that one.
Mine is # 2134

res0rli9 wrote:whats the # on the old chrome craftsman timing light, think I have that one.
Mine is # 2134

That's the number they list in the article. Same one I use. Also have an older Craftsman one that you have to slip a wire under the ign. wire on the dizzy. Get zapped too many times by that one when turning the dizzy.

racnrick wrote:I think I read somewhere, or heard it that the dial adjustable light will give an inaccurate reading with MSD ing. Anyone else heard that?

Yep

I have an old Mac tools one and it always works. I have never tested it against anything else though so I don't know if it is off or not. Interesting article and thread.

MSD replaced the Craftsman I had......

old chrome Craftmans Non dial back light

Actron Digital from Autozone. $99.00
I also have the Craftsman chrome adjustable type but I wasn't sure if it was accurate so I replaced it.
I drop it too much because I forget about the detachable cord.
The Actron does rpms and the digital readout is helpful.