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And conversely, it may see a 405° interval, think it's 360 degrees, and assume the motor is running slower than it is. \\ | And conversely, it may see a 405° interval, think it's 360 degrees, and assume the motor is running slower than it is. \\ | ||
The bottom line is that many dialback timing lights can't make sense of it, for the purposes of determining rpm, and you get a wrong answer. \\ | The bottom line is that many dialback timing lights can't make sense of it, for the purposes of determining rpm, and you get a wrong answer. \\ | ||
- | Really the only reliable way to make it work is to set the light's dial to 0 and look for the advance mark. \\ | + | Really the only reliable way to make it work on dual fires is to set the light's dial to 0 and look for the advance mark. \\ |
| Dialback timing light. ((photo by Ryan M of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1069628&page=3)) | | | Dialback timing light. ((photo by Ryan M of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1069628&page=3)) | |