Newest garage toy

[JimCoronette]

I've always wanted a distributor tester. The Sun units can do a lot more, but they are huge and too pricey for my beer budget.

I found this Rotunda on market place. Gonna need some work, but the price was right and it's relatively small.

 

[OneWheelPeel]

Get some video when it’s fixed up and doing its thing.

 

[The Professor]

I was taught how to test and “recurve” distributors on that exact model. I’d love to get one for my workshop and your post reminded me that I need one. I got an AS degree in automotive technology at Citrus College in Glendora California along with another AS in Applied Sciences. I bought a recurve kit or two for my Mopars that came with different weights and springs. Thanks for reminding me!

 

[YY1]

Nice.

 

[6PKRTSE]

We have one at work. It gets used everyday.

 

[JimCoronette]

I'd love to find a schematic/parts manual/operation manual for it.

I saw it had a paper capacitor in it. I want to change that before I light it up so I don't roast the vacuum tubes.

The housing clamp was froze, I just got that freed up.

The vacuum pump belt is loose, so I want to tighten that.

The motor and speed adjuster spin free, so that should be fine. The vacuum gage reads +/- 1"Hg on 2 other gages.

I'll keep you guys updated.

 

[JimCoronette]

Get some video when it’s fixed up and doing its thing.

Absolutely! I want to do a theory of operation vid as well, because I haven't found anything in the YouTubeverse.

 

[JimCoronette]

I was taught how to test and “recurve” distributors on that exact model. I’d love to get one for my workshop and your post reminded me that I need one. I got an AS degree in automotive technology at Citrus College in Glendora California along with another AS in Applied Sciences. I bought a recurve kit or two for my Mopars that came with different weights and springs. Thanks for reminding me!

I do mine on the car with a dial back light and a 1980s Sears engine analyzer. This will be so much easier for small blocks. I have to figure out how to adapt it to electronic (Mag pickup) and Pertonix (Hall Effect sensor) distributors.

 

[OneWheelPeel]

I could never get comfortable with just revving the hell out of my motor to try and capture the curve, so I always wanted one of those machines or thought about building my own, but it would be used very occasionally.

 

[JimCoronette]

Just bought a service manual for the Allen version. Hopefully it will answer some questions.