Looking for Suggestions: Timing Light w/ Advance

[treed2 at wsu.edu (T. Reed)]

I have the harbor freight light (at least I think i got it from HF.. it's
made by "prolite"). It feels pretty crappy in your hand, it's cheap
plastic and looks cheesy. But if you can get over all that, it gets the
job done. My main complaint is that the adjustment dial is kinda loose and
imprecise. I think they calibrated the thing by adjusting it to TDC then
slapping on the label that shows the radial scale.

Since I don't use it very often, it works fine. But if you have any sense
of style when it comes to tools or will be using it more than 10-15 times
a year, you might choose to look at something nicer.

-Toby

On Tue, 30 Dec 2003, Brad Sterling wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> 	I'm tired of trying to set the timing on my 16v when I have to look around
> the intake, under the distributor and through the wires.  I like the idea
> someone posted about using the TDC mark on the crank pulley.  But to do
> this, I need to update my timing light to one with an advance setting.  Any
> suggestions?  I'm looking for a combination of accurate and cheap (usually
> indirectly proportionate).  I'm more Harbor freight (@ $30) than Snap-On (@
> $368), but will spend up to $100.  Any suggestions/recommendations?  Primary
> intention is to set initial advance, although I may use it to check/set
> electronic and vacuum advance.  TIA.
>
> -Brad
> '86 Scirocco 16v
>