Sun performance analysis button help

[mkarlin]

I just acquired a sun performance analyzer 1115

One of the infrared test selector button is broken. Looking for a replacement for the switches or for just that button

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[BillK]

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[mkarlin]

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If not send Dave an e-mail [email protected]

Thanks I will do both. . thanks. I also got a Vat 40. Wish the sun 1115 machine was in better shape but have lots of extra cables so overall happy for the 100 bucks it cost me.

 

[engineer2]

The 1115 was a good machine. Worth fixing up and will work well on older vehicles.

 

[Showkey]

I would agree ^^^^^^^^^^………..but…………only as a novelity.

Same for the VAT40. We were moving a training center 20 plus years ago in Suburban Chicago. Had 10 VAT40’s, we unable to get any high or tech school auto program to take them as a donation. Which tells you a lot…..cuz there’s a lot of “shop teachers that are hoarders.“

In that move we donated $200k worth of tools and equipment. ( in late 90’s Early 2000’s dollars). Even by then there were no engine analyzers in that mix. Yes, on Hunter alignment and balancers.

 

[MBfreak]

That SUN is very restoreable, since it has analog meters and hardware adjusters for CO and HC.
Next model had complicated early SUN computer with a separate CRTdisplay which took care of adjustments and all displays except the ignition CRT display.

The CO/HC unit is difficult to restore if the specific CO and HC sensors ( optical with a very narrow band) are bad. Almost impossible to source today.

Good luck with a cool unit!!

Ola

 

[rustyzman]

I use my VAT40's all the time. Used it today in fact. Probably the best load tester ever made and still fully useable on newer cars too. A Snap on AVR would be a runner up.

Really the best way to get a legitimate idea of what condition your battery is in. I have had many a battery in the shop pass a newer electronic conductance tester test with flying colors, but fail under a proper load test. Battery charged, specific gravity checked (when possible), etc, and once in the vehicle, they always failed to work properly if they failed a real load test, even when the conductance tester stated the battery was fine.

I suggest you keep that VAT40, calibrate it and use it.

Those analog scopes worked great too. Big, but cool. If it can hook up to your vehicle in question, it will still give you the same in-cylinder performance data that it did when it was new. We moved on to DSO's and PicoScopes, but they still do the same thing in secondary ignition as the early live scopes did, just smaller with more features.

Cool Unit.