Rembrant Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Anybody ever play around with one of these? First one I've seen show up for sale semi-locally... https://www.kijiji.ca/v-classic-cars/miramichi/allen-distributor-tester-and-analyzer/1392916175?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Man, I'd LOVE to have that! That would be cool to use to set up distributors. But, to answer your question, no I've not used one. But I'll bet Bill/85LebaronT2 has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpin Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Man, I'd LOVE to have that! That would be cool to use to set up distributors. But, to answer your question, no I've not used one. But I'll bet Bill/85LebaronT2 has. I've never seen one, but it looks like something each of us should have! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rembrant Posted December 20, 2018 Author Share Posted December 20, 2018 I've never seen one, but it looks like something each of us should have! Ha, I know, right? As Gary said above, I'd LOVE to have one. I've asked around if anybody had one around here, and I've been watching for one locally...and by "locally", I mean a fairly large area since I travel for my work. If you follow Tim Meyer's Track Boss products page on Facebook, he was doing a bunch of videos there for a while showing his SUN Distributor Tester.... https://www.facebook.com/TMeyerInc/videos/253492255358863/ The SUN brand seems to be the most well know of these machines...and they're quite collectible (and expensive). It seems that anybody still setting up distributors professionally is using a SUN machine. They're show up on Ebay of course...here's one that looks like it's done a Duraspark or two... https://www.ebay.com/itm/SUN-Model-SDT-Antique-Distributor-Tester-W-Monometer-all-adapters-Flat-Head/323566781404?hash=item4b561543dc:g:J9sAAOSwE~lasCn6 And this one below cost more than my truck, so needless to say it is out of the question: https://www.ebay.com/itm/SUN-504-Distributor-Tester-Ignition-Simulator-/201849804047 Overall, I'm just curious about the Allen machine I linked to originally. I'm assuming it can be used to set-up your ignition curve? I know I can do it in my engine, but at the angle I need to hold my timing light, I can't reach/operate my distributor at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 I've never seen one, but it looks like something each of us should have! Ha, I know, right? As Gary said above, I'd LOVE to have one. I've asked around if anybody had one around here, and I've been watching for one locally...and by "locally", I mean a fairly large area since I travel for my work. If you follow Tim Meyer's Track Boss products page on Facebook, he was doing a bunch of videos there for a while showing his SUN Distributor Tester.... https://www.facebook.com/TMeyerInc/videos/253492255358863/ The SUN brand seems to be the most well know of these machines...and they're quite collectible (and expensive). It seems that anybody still setting up distributors professionally is using a SUN machine. They're show up on Ebay of course...here's one that looks like it's done a Duraspark or two... https://www.ebay.com/itm/SUN-Model-SDT-Antique-Distributor-Tester-W-Monometer-all-adapters-Flat-Head/323566781404?hash=item4b561543dc:g:J9sAAOSwE~lasCn6 And this one below cost more than my truck, so needless to say it is out of the question: https://www.ebay.com/itm/SUN-504-Distributor-Tester-Ignition-Simulator-/201849804047 Overall, I'm just curious about the Allen machine I linked to originally. I'm assuming it can be used to set-up your ignition curve? I know I can do it in my engine, but at the angle I need to hold my timing light, I can't reach/operate my distributor at the same time. I consider Tim a personal friend and do follow him on FB so did see his Sun. But Rotunda is Ford's brand, and the FSM's are full of references to use XYZ Rotunda for that step. So that machine was sold by Ford, although it appears to have just had a Rotunda label slapped on it. The fact that the unit you found is an '86 means it should work on the distributors in these trucks. Anyway, here are some links I found: https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/distributor-machine-rotunda.620622/ This one looks to be model E1415HD where the one you found may be E1415RD. Might the "R" be Rotunda? https://www.ebay.com/i/201682706869 Here's a video of one being used to test a tach: And here's a manual for the HD: https://www.ebay.com/itm/362012622922 Man, if that thing were local to me I'd have it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rembrant Posted December 21, 2018 Author Share Posted December 21, 2018 Man, if that thing were local to me I'd have it. Gary, I'd love to have it myself to toy around with...I'm just not sure I want to spend that much on one. If I knew for sure I could sell it later for the same or similar price, I'd buy it just to screw around with over the winter. It is a little off the beaten path for me, but a coworker of mine is in the area and will be coming to our office on January 7th. If it's still available on the 6th, I'll re-evaluate my need for it then...lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Man, if that thing were local to me I'd have it. Gary, I'd love to have it myself to toy around with...I'm just not sure I want to spend that much on one. If I knew for sure I could sell it later for the same or similar price, I'd buy it just to screw around with over the winter. It is a little off the beaten path for me, but a coworker of mine is in the area and will be coming to our office on January 7th. If it's still available on the 6th, I'll re-evaluate my need for it then...lol. If I were younger I'd have that thing. But, at this age I'm realizing that there aren't that many more distributors to curve. However, I'd still like to have it. So, if you buy it and don't like it you could bring it to the show next fall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rembrant Posted December 21, 2018 Author Share Posted December 21, 2018 So, if you buy it and don't like it you could bring it to the show next fall? Gary, I'm going to try my very best to make it in 2019, so if everything were to work out properly, then yes sir, I'd bring with me;). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 So, if you buy it and don't like it you could bring it to the show next fall? Gary, I'm going to try my very best to make it in 2019, so if everything were to work out properly, then yes sir, I'd bring with me;). Sounds great! Hope you can make it - with or without the analyzer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rembrant Posted December 22, 2018 Author Share Posted December 22, 2018 Sounds great! Hope you can make it - with or without the analyzer. Wow...check this out. I haven't seen ANY of these machines for sale locally, and two show up within a few days. This one just today... https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1249808298493809/ $500 CDN is probably a good deal for that thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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