specialwheelhorse 174 #26 Posted February 13, 2012 I f Fell into a bucket of Doo Doo the other day.Seen sitting on a shelf of a second hand store a beautiful tin can that said Stewart-warner portable hand held Tachometer, 7 bucks Couldn't get my green out fast enough. Had it checked with a couple other digital contraptions and it's right on the money. MODEL 757-W And I feel I come out smelling like a rose. Rock solid built like an old wheel horse I'm sure it will be a good insrument when I'm gone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeMonag 1 #27 Posted February 20, 2012 If you have a single cylinder engine with battery ignition, you can use an old fashon dwell/ tach meter in the tach mode. Simply multilpy the reading shown on the meter by 6 or 8 depending what scale you are reading from. A reading of 200 rpm on the 6 cyl. scale equates 1200 rpm. A reading of 500 is 3000rpm on the 6 cyl. scale. On the 8 cyl. scale a reading of 150 is 1200rpm, and 400 would be 3200rpm My brother gave me his old dwell tach meter that he bought new in 1983 from K-Mart, it is an analog meter, and is fairly accurate. Joe in Norton Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
can whlvr 993 #28 Posted February 21, 2012 the meter i got doesnt bounce around,it seeks to work really good,not to complain but for 80 bucks it better not,for 10 bucks i can see it bouncing,its fun rebuilding these motors but it sure costs to have all the little goodies to acheive proper results Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rick 237 #29 Posted February 26, 2012 Fluke 88 with lead that clips on plug wire. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smoreau 658 #30 Posted February 26, 2012 I have a snap-on timing light with adjustable timing, it also has a tach button and should work good. Haven't tried it out on a horse yet, just need to bring it home from work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
