Sir X Loin
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05-14-12 07:18 PM - Post#2225952
My car is 6 Volt. Do I need a 6 volt dwell meter? Or will anything work?
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05-14-12 07:36 PM - Post#2225958
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anything will work
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05-14-12 10:09 PM - Post#2226013
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Dwell meter ? Use the tried and true feeler gauge. That's what they used looong before any dwell meter hit the street. 
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Sir X Loin
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05-14-12 11:03 PM - Post#2226018
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I guess I just assumed I was only half doing the job.
Thanks.
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05-15-12 06:03 AM - Post#2226078
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Dwell meter ? Use the tried and true feeler gauge. That's what they used looong before any dwell meter hit the street.
My shop manual does not mention dwell at all. Just point gap. Now if you went to a shop with a sun machine dwell was a consideration. Feeler guages work great on points in good condition or new. Points with wear of material transfer kind of cloud the issue but then that is what a points file was for. 
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05-15-12 06:15 AM - Post#2226086
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How do you plan to adjust the dwell without and access window on the distributor?
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05-15-12 06:48 AM - Post#2226105
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In an emergency a match book cover will do to set the points gap.
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05-15-12 07:22 AM - Post#2226120
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In an emergency a match book cover will do to set the points gap.
thats the only thing i ever used on these points.was good enough for dad was good enough for me.
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05-15-12 07:59 AM - Post#2226136
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Years ago it was said you could tune a stove bolt with a match book and a dime.
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05-15-12 08:02 AM - Post#2226137
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true then - true now
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05-15-12 08:13 AM - Post#2226142
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Years ago it was said you could tune a stove bolt with a match book and a dime.
Where do you find a match book these days?
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05-15-12 09:38 AM - Post#2226165
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Whats the dime for?
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05-15-12 11:33 AM - Post#2226200
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Dwell meter ? Use the tried and true feeler gauge. That's what they used looong before any dwell meter hit the street.
Just another flat rate trick Service Mgr. Bob? I'm taking notes....
  
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05-15-12 11:38 AM - Post#2226202
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Whats the dime for?
I'm thinking spark plug gap but have never tried it. Got to leave for town but when I get back I will check it out.
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05-15-12 12:29 PM - Post#2226216
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05-15-12 12:31 PM - Post#2226217
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Use the dime to set mixture and idle speed on the carb.
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05-15-12 02:45 PM - Post#2226245
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Use the dime to set mixture and idle speed on the carb.
Bob, funny I was thinking of the times I did that as a kid and then saw Your post.
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05-15-12 05:10 PM - Post#2226288
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Use the dime to set mixture and idle speed on the carb.
I used my boy scout knife.
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05-15-12 05:33 PM - Post#2226294
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You could use the striker area on the matchbook to clean the points too.
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05-15-12 05:34 PM - Post#2226296
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05-15-12 08:23 PM - Post#2226356
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We didn't need no stinkin bag o tools.
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05-15-12 08:25 PM - Post#2226358
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Use the dime to set mixture and idle speed on the carb.
Bob, funny I was thinking of the times I did that as a kid and then saw Your post.
It was a way of life, for me. 
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05-15-12 08:43 PM - Post#2226366
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Yes it was a way of life Bob. I remember the days when we worked on cars with a little bit of nothing. I remember rubbing a dollar bill thru the points to clean them. Oh well, as often as my old cars broke down back in the day worked out well on dates. That is, if it broke down in the right places.
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