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  1. 06-18-2008 11:49 AM #1
    Racecar100
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    Any digital or dial back timming light will show timming jumping.. I never seen one that don't yet.
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    I had a slipping damper pully and tried several timing lights turned out he dumper pully was rotating around the rubber ring. Ed
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    Quote Originally Posted by Racecar100
    Any digital or dial back timming light will show timming jumping.. I never seen one that don't yet.
    My Snap-on did when it was new.... I figured for $400.00 it better not!!!!! Had my Snap-on man send it back to be checked.. Whatever they did to it, it works great ever since, even on the MSD boxes...
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