I did up until a year ago.... finally figured I would never use them again & turfed them when I moved.

 

What's that lol ? Is that how u guys figured out how to make the wheel lol jk but seriously what is it ?

 

An inductive strobe timing light was a state of the art necessity you had to have to set the ignition timing on cars with distributors prior to OBD2 ECUs. The ignition dwell on GM and Rambler vehicles required a dwell meter to set the external adjustment points on Delco Remy distributors... Ignition dwell is the time required by the coil to store the power needed to ignite the spark plugs.. I still use the timing light on my wife's 95 GMC truck about once every 7 years or whenever I just want to experience using my timing light for the hell of it... I freaked out a neighbor when I pulled out the dwell meter to check out his ancient Chevy 3/4 ton truck last year... I still have a chart with the recommended dwell and timing settings around here somewhere.

 

Hand in the air too.

 

Oh ok I have used them b4 when I did the timing on my old pick up it was an 85 Scottsdale with. 7.4 454 thanks + rep fr explaining

 

Ya made me go down and look. Box has a craftman timing light, hawk dwell, compression gauge, coolant tester and an assortment of bits and pieces of that vintage auto jetsam. I'm using the torque wrench. Ya just never know, right?

 

My wife and I just bought our 2010 Fit Sport with Nav last week. My 1990 Nissan Sentra 2 Dr 4 MT needed a lot of work at 193,000 miles; so I traded it in for the Fit. Sweet!

My wife and I are in our mid Fifties and love our Fit.

My other rides:

'06 Scion xB 4 AT
'90 Nissan Sentra 4MT
'86 Plymouth Voyager 4 AT
'76 Volkswagen Rabbit 2 Dr 4 MT

 

 

I had to go out and get the timing light and dwell meter I now have after my old ones were lost in a fire 22 years ago.. They look like they are new they have seen such a small amount service. I never considered that they would be used so little when I purchased them.... I got them very cheap at the time and now I finally am realizing why.... I think that the only car I had with external adjust points was a 72 Cadillac Hearse at that time but I had neighbors with old Chris Craft and other boats with GM powered inboard/outboard units that I always helped out before holiday weekends when their families came up to the resort community I lived at back then... The timing light has seen a lot more use over the years mostly on Harley-Davidson motorcycles

 

My hand is in the air too! I have those tools, but then, I have a number of old cars that I can still use them on.... 66 Sport Fury, 69 Dodge Sportsman, 73/74 Dodge Challengers, 70 Dodge Charger 500, 83 Chevy Silverado...no, wait, I converted the Charger to a Pertronix electronic ignition!!

'07 VBP Sport 5MT w/minor appearance & comfort mods!!

 

fittman cool your a Mopar Man too, here's Ol' Blu

< click here to super size

 

28 yrs old

1995 Dodge Caravan
1998 Toyota Corolla
2004 Civic SI
2010 Fit Sport

 

25 yr old checking in!

 

44 years old here...

Previous cars:
1965 Cadillac Coupe de Ville
- 429 cu. in. V8, 10 mpg, too expensive to drive
1966 Ford Galaxie 500
- 289 cu. in. V8, slightly better on gas, the one car I wish I still had
1981 Ford Escort
- 1.6 liters, automatic, severely underpowered
1985 Dodge Omni GLH Turbo
- 2.2 liter turbo, 146 hp (great for 1985), a blast to drive but horrendous build quality (actually had a door handle break off in my hand one time).
1990 Volkswagen Jetta
- 1.8 liters, stunning quality for the price, one of the last German-built Jettas imported to the US
1995 Nissan Pickup (still own)
- Will probably own this forever. Bought it used with 105,000 miles on the clock, have put another 102,000 on it myself, it's basic as hell but keeps running no matter what
1997 Subaru Legacy
- Loved the AWD, but prone to mechanical problems
2004 Hyundai Elantra GT 5-door
- Loved everything about it, but sadly it died an early death due to catastrophic cooling system failure

Current cars:
1995 Nissan Pickup (see above)
2010 Honda Civic EX sedan (wife's car)
2010 Honda Fit Sport A/T (love it!)

 

22 years old here.

Previous:

1990 Honda Accord
1994 Acura Integra LS
1996 Honda Civic EX
1997 Acura EL
1992 Honda Civic DX
1991 Acura Integra
1991 Honda Civic LX 4 Dr
1995 Honda Civic EX Coupe
2010 Honda Fit Sport

 

51.
Previous cars in my stable:
65 Mustang
66 Mustang
84 Cavalier (The Mistake)
89 Corolla
96 Corolla
03 Protege 5
09 Fit Sport AT

Currently in garage:
01 Miata (sports pkg- the wife's)
09 Fit Sport AT

 

i'm a 58 yr old male
cars i've had in my past:
69 volkswagon bug
73 pinto squire sta wag (say what you want. It
wasn't a bad little car)
83 mitsubishi cordia (loved that twin stick
tranny)
87 mitsubishi mirage (think dodge colt)
95 ford escort sta wag (without a doubt the
worst car i've ever
owned)
97 honda civic (notice how long i kept the escort)
07 honda fit
except for the escort all my cars had a manual transmission.

 

Just turned 49. 09 Fit Sport.

Other cars I own:
01 Toyota Celica GT
02 VW Jetta TDI (yea baby)
80's Merc 300D's (2)

 

23 here and the only other car I've owned was an 03 Accord coupe AT

 

Figured I would post here too

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oldest to newest:
81 Mazda GLC
89 Ford Probe LX
90 something Buick Regal
92 Ford Ranger
73 Pontiac Firebird (with the original 400)
99 Kia Sportage
02 Dodge Neon
99 Dodge Durango
72 Pontiac Fury Gran Coupe
86.5 Toyota Supra (non turbo)
93 Honda Del Sol Si (current garage whore, in my signature)
93 Honda Del Sol Si #2
92 Civic Si hatchback
95 Honda Del Sol Si (Current - Wife's garage whore)
95 Civic EX
09 Nissan Versa (Current - Wife's daily)
10 Honda Fit Sport (Mugen) (Current - Daily driver) First new car