i ran a short wire from the left solenoid chassis terminal to a screw into the wood floor over the house batt. The BIRD device is just behind the house batt which is accessible thru an outside access door. the left large gauge terminal goes to chassis batt and the right goes to house batt. i took off its small DC power wires and pulled out the 5 amp fuse. it is the upper silvery solenoid in the pic. Or 17 cents each, like the 3 test lights I bought closeout at O'Reillys last year.A while back, after i found the chassis-house solenoid relay part of the Intellec Bidirectional Isolator Relay Delay device (BIRD) was sticking ON like its predecessor also did, i disabled the solenoid. Make a white mark on your pulley at the correct place, and not so easy to see the flash in bright sun, subdued light better. Strobe light (look to Harbor Freight for an inexpensive one) has positive and negative clips (attach to battery or to coil positive terminal and engine bare metal ground. Static test light attaches to coil negative terminal (the one with the wire that goes to the distributor) and to engine bare metal ground. I can make my own strobe, save me the $40-$80, but I need to know the frequency the light flashes.įlapjakpat wrote: Where do you connect the wires on the test light to the motor? Where do you connect the wires on the test light to the motor?Īlso, at what frequency do you run the strobe on the timing light? I tried the 12 volt testing light just like they did on the bug me video and mine stayed on the whole time, so i turned to the samba search and problem solved. driving it home i could only get up to a speed of 30 cause timing was that bad. and my beetle couldn,t have made it up a hill to make it to wally world. got a show to go to sunday and the auto store was closed. Ga-boy thanks for the input about using the am radio you just saved my hide. A timing light is a must for checking the advance. If I static time any of my engines then check them with a timing light, they are spot on (which only makes sense). A timing light, properly used will make your engine happy. Or use an AM portable radio, placed close to dizzy and listen for static rather than watch for a light.Īll of this is just temporary to get you started. In a pinch you can also watch the points spark, listen for their click.ĭrDarby wrote: In a pinch you can also watch the points spark, listen for their click. I wouldn't recommend it for PRECISION, but to get your late model 1600 back on the road, it literally saved my bacon! That hippie static timing light got me back on the road when I broke down in the middle of the eastern oregon desert, August, 1993. You can get a decent strobe timing light from Napa for like $40. While it is OK in a pinch, they really are sub-optimal. Presto-you now have the Official John Muir hippie static timing light for less than $1. Remove one of your dashboard idiot lights and plug it into the push on connector. Solder or otherwise attach alligator clip to one end of wire.įeed the other end of the wire into a push on connector. One length of wire, one alligator clip, one push on connector (female), one extra dash board lightbulb with it's housing. I have at least three I usually replace the wire with a thicker one. Earlier in many cases.Īny auto parts store should have a 12 volt test light for automotive circuit testing for $4 or less, so just buy one.
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Static timing (other than to get it close enough to start) died for good in 1971 when VW went to a distributors that had a centrifical advance component. You can make a static timing light with any 12 volt bulb, a golder and two test leads. Then you will have a tester for other electrical diagnostic work on your car as well, no need to build one. A 12v test light can be used for static timing and can be had very cheap at your FLAPS. Static timing is a rough timing method used to get the car running, then a strobe type timing light is used to fine tune it to the proper setting. Timing with static light can burn up the heads from what I have been told by experienced VW mechanics.right or wrong? correct me if I am wrong but the timing should really be set with a timing light, not the static type. :: View topic - Static timing light Forumsįorum Index -> Beetle - Late Model/Super - 1968-up -> Static timing lightĭoes anybody have a good design for a home-made cheap static timing light (that that seen in the Muir book)?