Recent content by earl_leonard

Yes it has a air hose input

I am well aware of the dangers of mercury, Very bad stuff.

I will check again but I remember none, Must have been laid over before I got it. Does it have to be mercury or would something else work?

Ian Thanks for the tip. Should I be able to see anything in the manometer tubes ? I suspect that it may have been lied down before I got it. I will have to clean up the glass to look a little closer.

Mine has the air hose and looks like the one in Ian's picture. The top drawer has the operators manual mounted in it. The lower drawer has adapters and the service manual in a envelope.

I glanced through the operators manual and noticed it is missing the calibrating distributor, The power cord has been cut, but other than that it seems to be complete. I have not done a complete inventory. All of the knobs seems turn as they should, all of the wires seem to be present.

Thank you for the information, What did it cost to rebuild?

yes mine looks like the one pictured above

I joined this board to try to learn more about a Ford Distributor Stroboscope that I recently purchased at an auction. After purchasing it I learned that it is used on 1930-50 era distributors. I have found several pictures on line, I have examined the books that came with it. There are both...