Stanleysteamer said:

TBH I have used multimeters and other meters made by Gunson for a very long time.
Needed them to do points dwell and to act as a rev counter back in the days when only sports cars or limos had a revcounter!!
Needed a revcounter to do the ignition timing. As well as my "tachostrobe". Never did get an exhaust gas analyser to do the mixture with. They weren't cheap nor were they very accurate. I do have one of those things you put in place of the spark plug to look at the colour of the flame inside the cylinder, again, only worked properly with a car whose carburettor wasn't worn.
And who remembers doing "plug cuts"!!!??? Also a carb balancer. Although some people swore they could do it by ear. With a tube.

I am of course aware that I am talking double dutch to quite a few members on here!

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gstuart said:

Do remember some of those Gunson products , years ago they seemed to be in every car shops , motor factors etc

Never heard that before ref a tube , remember I had to get my carbs balanced by a garage for my triumph 2500s

Talking of tachostrobe these were the ones I remembered

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Stanleysteamer said:

TBH I have used multimeters and other meters made by Gunson for a very long time.
Needed them to do points dwell and to act as a rev counter back in the days when only sports cars or limos had a revcounter!!
Needed a revcounter to do the ignition timing. As well as my "tachostrobe". Never did get an exhaust gas analyser to do the mixture with. They weren't cheap nor were they very accurate. I do have one of those things you put in place of the spark plug to look at the colour of the flame inside the cylinder, again, only worked properly with a car whose carburettor wasn't worn.
And who remembers doing "plug cuts"!!!??? Also a carb balancer. Although some people swore they could do it by ear. With a tube.

I am of course aware that I am talking double dutch to quite a few members on here!

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Dippypud said:

My late Hubbys best mate Ginger, could balance multiple carbs by ear, he worked in a prestige garage at the time ...

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Andy Warren said:

The good old colourtune tool, did they ever work that well ?

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gstuart said:

Do remember some of those Gunson products , years ago they seemed to be in every car shops , motor factors etc

Never heard that before ref a tube , remember I had to get my carbs balanced by a garage for my triumph 2500s

Talking of tachostrobe these were the ones I remembered

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gstuart said:

Do remember some of those Gunson products , years ago they seemed to be in every car shops , motor factors etc

Never heard that before ref a tube , remember I had to get my carbs balanced by a garage for my triumph 2500s

Talking of tachostrobe these were the ones I remembered

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Stanleysteamer said:

I am sure that peeps who really knew what they were doing could do exactly that. but I saw too many peeps who thought they could and they had no idea.
I tried and honestly couldn't tell exactly what I was supposed to be listening for, so resorted to trad airflow meters.

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Dippypud said:

He said it were like tuning a piano ...

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