Diesel timing light.

[moresmoke]

A few days ago I mentioned a diesel timing light in a post and generated a couple questions. I didn’t manage to get back to that thread in time, so thought I would respond separately.



There are a selection of pickups that fit on an injector line. One of these is mounted on #1 or 6, preferably at the injector, but will also work on the pump. The box is connected to 12v power, when the engine is running, it will give you a tach readout, and the timing advance can be set for the strobe to match up with TDC.

It also has an induction pickup to mount on 2 cycle detroits to measure RPM only so you can set the governor.

 

[Fritz Maurer]

Where does this induction pickup attach to a 2 stroke Detroit?

 

[moresmoke]

Where does this induction pickup attach to a 2 stroke Detroit?

Not sure, I think it senses off the crank shaft, but I have never used that part.

 

[RCP]

Have you ever compared static timing to the timing light? It seems to me that timing checked with the light will be a few degrees later than static timing.