Cool old vintage shop equipment, what you have?

[halifaxhops]

I just scored this little gem, I think it is cool as all getout!

Sun MDT distributor tester

 

[halifaxhops]

couple more

 

[vntned]

I'd sell mine...

 

[340wedge]

Cool stuff! How does that Plug Scope work?

 

[LS-300]

If the distributor tester works they actually are useful. Wouldn't mind having on myself.

 

[brian6pac]

I'd sell mine...

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[vntned]

Made some room in my inbox...

 

[halifaxhops]

Cool stuff! How does that Plug Scope work?

Senses the amount of current to each plug, actually does work, scary to use but works!

 

[toolmanmike]

No pictures but I scored a Snap on manual wheel balancer. (hand crank) I have some old tach/dwell meters and a MAC tune up machine that cancels cylinders. the photo is the wrong model but you get the idea. I use both of those.

 

[Aaron65]

It's not the most practical thing in the world, considering its size, but for $50, my Sun Scope was a fun purchase!

 

[LS-300]

It's not the most practical thing in the world, considering its size, but for $50, my Sun Scope was a fun purchase!

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Most people don't realize how much yo can do with that "old" piece of equipment.

 

[chryslerfat]

Most people don't realize how much yo can do with that "old" piece of equipment.

Exactly that is what I learned on, lean cylinders, incorrect carb adjust etc.

 

[Aaron65]

I've used it several times, but I've got no old time experts around to train me on it, so I've relied on Sun instruction books. Needless to say, unless the car has an obvious malady, I'm not an expert on it.

What always throws me off is how unstable all the lines are as the cylinders fire; in the pictures in my manual, the lines are always static.

 

[halifaxhops]

The lines basically tell you how the spark is, I used a few of them in the 80's. There are a few good u tube vids on them out there.

 

[halifaxhops]

tHIS IS USEFULL HAS A CYL KILL FUNCTION.
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[Aaron65]

Mine has a cylinder kill function that is really helpful for cylinder balance tests.

 

[fratzog lover]

It's not the most practical thing in the world, considering its size, but for $50, my Sun Scope was a fun purchase!

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This would be a cool pic in black and white.

 

[Gamedog]

This would be a cool pic in black and white.

My thoughts exactly...

 

[fratzog lover]

Its 1966 all over again! Pay no attention to that SUV in the neighbors garage. Whats a SUV, Vern?

 

[Daves69]

Pay no attention to that SUV

You bought a what????............................

 

[fratzog lover]

How DID you do that?

 

[halifaxhops]

here are a few more.

 

[BlueDream]

It's vintage and I use it in the shop. I don't know how old it is but it's far older than I am.

 

[halifaxhops]

That's cool looks like 40's?

 

[halifaxhops]

Forgot I had this a mini lathe from the 40's.