Sweet ol Sun analizer

[jabberwoki]

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/pts/5175806538.html

 

[George in Rancho Cordova]

Wouldn't an analizer be a medical device?

 

[gnpenning]

That brings back some memories.

 

[404]

How could this device determine "cylinder power balance"?

Is the unit in this video clip real, or just a film prop?

 

[carhunter]

man, why aren't these things closer to me?!
If that was on Cincinnati CL, it would be 4 times the price and would remain unsold for 4 months while to seller complains about lowballers

$200 is a very reasonable price IMO

 

[Lookin4'67Galaxieconv]

I think $200 is more than reasonable as well. Looks older than 1972 to me.

 

[theoldwizard1]

How could this device determine "cylinder power balance"?

IIRC, there is an inductive pickup on #1 spark plug lead and clips for coil + and -. It would short out the coil on the cylinder that you selected so the plug did not fire. "Balance" was simply checking for consistent RPM drop for each cylinder.

The real benefit was being able to look at the secondary voltage (pickup on the coil lead ?) and compare it to all of the others (it had 2 display modes; 1 cylinder after another and "stacked"). Different parts of each cylinders wave form corresponded to different things happening in the ignition secondary. Peak coil voltage, distributor cap contact/arc health, plug wires and spark plug health. Good techs could spot a lot of issues.

Of course, does any production engine built in the past 10 years use a single coil/distributor ?

Is the unit in this video clip real, or just a film prop?

Not Sun. Different brand.

 

[404]

Thank you theoldwizard1.

 

[zhome888]

Havnt seen one of those for years.

 

[Plombob]

That's in really good shape for it's age, and a good price too. When I was looking for one they were all more dough and were beat up.