[Healeys] Timing light query

[i erbs]

agreed. Hot lead to solenoid or starter
Ira Erbs
Portland,OR
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On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 7:35 AM <simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com> wrote:

> Thank you all very much for the replies. It is, as I’d hoped and expected,
> not a problem.
>
> No need for any more replies,
>
> Simon
>
>
>
> *From:* Perry <healeyguy at aol.com>
> *Sent:* 11 March 2019 12:46
> *To:* simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com
> *Subject:* RE: [Healeys] Timing light query
>
>
>
> Simon
>
> I’m not sure of the problem, leads on the timing light to short to reach
> the battery location or car battery flat or ???
>
> I use the hot lead from the battery on the starter solenoid and any bare
> metal on the top of the engine for the ground. Both very handy in the
> engine bay.
>
> Perry
>
>
>
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>
> *From: *simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com
> *Sent: *Monday, March 11, 2019 7:04 AM
> *To: *Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
> *Subject: *[Healeys] Timing light query
>
>
>
> Just a quick one….
>
> I have a Mac timing light. Works well, no problems.
>
> Can I connect the + & - leads to an independent, free-standing, battery
> instead of to my in-car battery?
>
> Yes, I could “suck it and see”, but the device’s destructions are so
> exacting about the connections - in what order they are made etcetcetc – so
> careful that I dread an experiment that fries my timing light. Which wasn’t
> particularly cheap.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Simon
>
>
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