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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: truckinwagen on October 19, 2009, 12:50:49 pm

Title: timing light adapter
Post by: truckinwagen on October 19, 2009, 12:50:49 pm

I am looking into making my gasser timing light work on my diesel
would a clamp on transducer from tinytach put out a pulse strong enough to trigger a timing light?

if so, would I have to have the transducer lead connected to anything(like a tachometer) or will the inductive pickup on the timing light sense the pulse even with the lead just hanging off the transducer?

I am trying to avoid spending the big money that is wanted for the "real" diesel timing light adapters.


also where do our little diesels like to sit timing wise(in degrees BTDC)?

Title: Re: timing light adapter
Post by: Powered by Spearco on October 19, 2009, 01:04:01 pm

"also where do our little diesels like to sit timing wise(in degrees BTDC)?"
I think Andrew just was talking about this in another post of his.
12.5 BTDC?

Title: Re: timing light adapter
Post by: truckinwagen on October 19, 2009, 01:10:55 pm

as for transforming the voltage higher, any easy way to do this?

or am I condemned to buying a real timing light adapter?