Ferret 765 alternative?

[Clb]

Good to hear Mel.
Glad there is another vendor available.

 

[saburai]

Thanks guys! I just scored this one:

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what timing light do y'all suggest for this application? Not looking to brake the bank, but I don't want junk either!

 

[saburai]

My apologies again. It's Gunson 77089. I wrote it down to check out later and couldn't read my own writing. It was in a post from June 7 called Timing. Amazon has them listed for just over $100. Right next to an Innova timing light for just under $100.

Thanks friend! The Gunson is coming up at $250 plus on Amazon...

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[The_Josh_Bear]

The only special thing a timing light needs for the diesel application is the adjustable advance on it, as our cranks only have one mark, at 0*TDC. So you need to dial in your advance and you're good.

I personally have a cheap harbor freight meter, and a garage sale snap-on, they both read exactly the same so I'm pretty happy.

That said, the best setup would be to get one with a tach built in too! Then you can do everything from under the hood without needing a helper, and our stock tachs aren't good in the first place.

 

[saburai]

The only special thing a timing light needs for the diesel application is the adjustable advance on it, as our cranks only have one mark, at 0*TDC. So you need to dial in your advance and you're good.

I personally have a cheap harbor freight meter, and a garage sale snap-on, they both read exactly the same so I'm pretty happy.

That said, the best setup would be to get one with a tach built in too! Then you can do everything from under the hood without needing a helper, and our stock tachs aren't good in the first place.

That sounds like a plan. I'd imagine that getting a light with a tach function that would work for us might be a bit tricky. So the perfect light would have a tach (that works for the idi) and advance. While I'm wishing, let's make the tach and advance visible on that same screen - less than $150 while we're at it

 

[saburai]

Innova 5568 pro? Looks like it's got advance/rpm on the same screen. Price is right. Anyone use one?

https://www.amazon.com/Innova-5568-...F8&qid=1531579859&sr=1-1&keywords=innova+5568

 

[snicklas]

Here is a couple of other options......

https://tinytach.com/timing-equipment

I'm familiar with them from the single cylinder's in my Cubs. They make a nice little tach that works well on the single cylinder Kohlers....

 

[jwalterus]

That sounds like a plan. I'd imagine that getting a light with a tach function that would work for us might be a bit tricky. So the perfect light would have a tach (that works for the idi) and advance. While I'm wishing, let's make the tach and advance visible on that same screen - less than $150 while we're at it

I've got a Ferret....... it's in my toolbox at work....

Holy ****....... I was going to make fun of your wanting to only spend $150, but here you go you lucky SOB!

ON SALE THROUGH SEARS MARKETPLACE AT $170!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

https://www.sears.com/ferret-tach-advance-dwell-volts-timing-light/p-SPM5842732801?rrec=true

That picture isn't the ferret 86, but the model and information is....

 

[saburai]

I've got a Ferrett....... it's in my toolbox at work....

Holy ****....... I was going to make fun of your wanting to only spend $150, but here you go you lucky SOB!

ON SALE THROUGH SEARS MARKETPLACE AT $170!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

https://www.sears.com/ferret-tach-advance-dwell-volts-timing-light/p-SPM5842732801?rrec=true

"Ferret" from Sears-

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"Innova" from amazon, Autozone, etc -

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Look about identical to me...

 

[jwalterus]

Look about identical to me...

Which is why I'd edited it to say the picture wasn't a ferret even though the model and information is.
You must have been making that post while I was editing it, one minute difference in my edit and your post.

I'd take the chance if I was in the market, only one seller has that price, the rest are the normal $300+, and if it wasn't the Ferret, I'd be contacting Sears and saying "Now just wait a darn minute......"

I don't put much stock in a website stock picture anyway, it's almost never the proper item in my experience.

I've never had a problem returning something bought off the Sears website, whether it was returned to my local Sears (now gone), or local Kmart.

 

[IDIBRONCO]

Thanks friend! The Gunson is coming up at $250 plus on Amazon...

I was wrong again. I was looking at the OTC 3398 fuel injection pulse tester at the top of the page and thought it was the Gunson 77089. I'm not much of an Amazon shopper. I should have scrolled down a little bit. I tried to help someone and I get everything wrong.

 

[Garbage_Mechan]

Another alternative is the Mac ET18DPM. I picked mine up at a pawn shop in Montana for $25. It is the same thing as the Snap MT 257 in a different package. Seems to go for less since in isn't Snap On, but same clamp on adaptor etc.

 

[tjsea]

Snap-on still makes the MT257b under the blue-point brand. On their site it lists for $306

 

[JAKRANCH]

So I'm confused is the amazon link above a light that works for our engines with the wrong picture? And is it all we need to time them? I know nothing about timing but need to learn

 

[saburai]

So I'm confused is the amazon link above a light that works for our engines with the wrong picture? And is it all we need to time them? I know nothing about timing but need to learn

No. You need a device that lets a timing light "sense" the fuel pulse and perceive it like a spark impulse. Start here:
https://www.oilburners.net/threads/timing-a-7-3-with-a-ferret-adapter.42782/