Because it was going to go for a good price until it got posted here....
So... Just how do you know it was going for a good price before it got posted here....
Just wondering what crystal ball your looking into to know what the price was going to be...
I'm sure this seller had no idea how to post up what he had. I usually look closely at whats pictured. If I don't see it in the pic or the pics are of a mess of twisted wires I ask questions. Really not sure the reference to a crystal clamp probe. The luminosity probe has the crystal in the end of it and we don't time by lumi probe method but we can. Its just more work to remove the glow plug. Check the fuel cetane rating with a hydro float and tube to find specific gravity of the fuel that day. Differences between the J33300 and the J33300-A meters is the "A" meter is an upgraded meter thats well supported by the repair shop. I know the "A" meter has a great warranty on them too but not sure bout the others. These meters have been made since the early 80s and many upgrades and changes have been made. I see this when I open them up trying to fix what some users have left me with.. Broken meters. Thats never fun mostly because these people KNOW they broke it but can't come clean and admit to it. This was a problem when I was having a person ship to the next on the long list to keep it moving better. Say a person in maine wanted the meter and someone on Road Island had it. I just tell the Road Island person to ship to Maine. That way it saved 6 days of shipping from the east coast to me on the wst coast. Then back to the east coast.. Well thanks buttheads for breaking my meters. Now when a person is done they ship back to me. then I test that meter on my engine and prep to ship to the next person. In all honesty I made the mistake of thinking ALL members were trustworthy and fair. This timing meter pregram is made for you. the idi owners wanting to time your engines. The very smal fee I chagre no way covers my costs. To cover my costs and investments I would need to charge for shipping both ways and probably have a fee of around $120.00 to $140.00. I pay the shipping fee out of the $70.00 I charge users. Both the J33300 and the J33300-A meters are a robust meter that will do amazing things to our idi or most any other engine. If you have an adjustable timing lite you can use that on this meter too. Just connect that lite to power and the u bolt clamp in the meter box. change the rocker switches to timing lite and go for it. but why...
The microprocessor in the meter will do a much better more accurate job and tell you what the timing is to a tenth of a degree. Can't do that with a lite shooting the timing tab. but you can get it close. Its much easier to let the meter do all the work..