Recent content by Bob Telep

Good luck to you Thomas!!

Thomas, I think if anyone might have additional information on this tester, it would be Mac Vandenbrink, the gentleman who scored the meters for your Allen tester last year. If I find out any info, I'll shoot it to you.

Nice find on the Allen tester, Thomas. Is there a strobe or degree wheel somewhere underneath the dust/dirt preservative?

Well, I guess it's Grandma's car 1, chick magnet car 0!! Great job, Thomas. You came out of the gate strong, and I never had a chance after that. BTW, I didn't know you had a 4 speed automatic :-). Shifted like a pro. Thomas didn't mention it, but he was fighting a balky clutch all day...

Ah, your new career in distributor service, all makes and models, awaits you just around the corner.............

Thomas and Chris and Cameron - Happy New Year to you all! It's been a pleasure meeting and getting to know you all (and unfortunately, the taillights of the Nova). I'll try twice as hard next time!!

OK let's get this done! The specification scroll itself was in very good condition, considering its age, and after some careful cleaning, scotch tape on the paper in spots, and a touch of lube on the scroll shafts, it was brought back to usefulness. I don't have a good close up of the finished...

On to the electronics!! The electronic circuits in the Sun distributor testers, in my opinion, were very well designed to perform their intended task, that is, measuring how well the distributor was doing its job. The earliest testers from the 1940s through the 1970s are remarkably similar in...

Before we get to the electronics, here are a couple of items: The very early Sun testers used a fairly sophisticated regulator to adjust the vacuum, but later ones, such as Thomas' 600 use a simple flat disc to uncover a bleed orifice. I suspect Sun changed to this design as a cost reduction...

Now on to the vacuum pump.......... Some Sun models used a single piston pump driven mechanically by an eccentric on the drive cone shaft. Other models used a twin piston pump driven by eccentric on the end of an electric motor. The displacements are similar since the single piston has a...

Thomas, your Impala SS is absolutely gorgeous! It doesn't matter from which angle you view it, it just looks "right". The '62 is my favorite year of the 58-64 Chevrolets, especially from the styling standpoint. Love the full width front plastic floormat. Another fine example of American style...

Sun distributor tester OK, I know these posts on the Sun distributor tester are few and far apart. I'll try to bring this project home. Here's a shot of the new drive wheel. The polyurethane of the original wheels gets hard over time, and leaving the wheel engaged with the drive cone after...

As previously mentioned, all ball bearings on the unit are replaced since the grease in the 40+ year old bearings is pretty much dried up. Plus, the bearings are readily available and reasonably priced. Here the drive cone assembly is being taken apart, and bearings assembled, in the usual...

Hi Chris, I'll let Thomas give the details of his exploits at the Pure Stock drags, but suffice to say the Nova is one tough runner! And, I'll be looking for revenge next year!! Bob PS contrary to earlier reports, I am sad to announce that the intake bolts on the Nova were NOT clocked. Here...

Thomas, heads up all the way!!