Hey Guys,
Faced with a very intermittant no start that never lasts long enough for me to round up an assistant to check for spark (and some time off from work), I bought a cheap timing light and wired it up to work in the passenger compartment so I'm ready for the next time. Step one. Then I started thinking, why not have a permanant spark gauge? I've got the inductive sensor around a wire and then pretty securely wire tied to the valve cover gasket so it could be permanent. So if I disasemble the light and put the electronics in a small plastic box behind the center console I could put a small bulb of some sort in the one blank rocker switch panel. But what kind of bulb? I'm no electronics guru but I know some of you are. The light doesn't have any markings on it as far as current draw or wattage. So what kind of bulb should I use? Led? I want something not so bright as to be too much of an annoyance. I saw a post once on something like this but could not find it. Any advice appreciated and better a Radio Shack p/n would be great for non-electronics type like me.
Robb