Re: I don’t know

[Tom]

Tubs,

It looks like you should be ready to use the 88 pretty soon. Good luck with it, you’ll find quickly that it’s a very useful tool. Here are a few things you’ll be able to do that you couldn’t without one or a similar unit.

• Check condensers at high voltage. Testing them with an ohmmeter is useful, but not as valid as a high voltage leak test.

• Checking to see when point open without disconnecting the condenser. For timing of alternate twins, you can use the low ohm reading to see when the points open.

• Check for shorts where the primary wires come out of the coil. That’s what that third probe is for. If it didn’t come with the unit, see about finding or making one. No more spark testing in the dark to see if the spark is jumping where it shouldn’t go, or the primary is shorting out to the lamination.

T