Point Checker

[rock hopper]

Does anyone know where to get a point checker. They use them for telling you when the points open and close. The old manuals show them being used. So they must have some around. Or does someone know how to make one. I have used a battery and light, but would like something better

[alan bechard]

My dad made them with a speaker so you could hear it break. I will get his e-mail, or point him here, or e-mail me at trialsalan you know what bellsouth.net and I will give you his phone #.

Easy for me to say, but if I remember right it was pretty simple. Nowing my dad it would not suprise me if he has one somewhere in his shop.

[kevin j]

nothing fancey, most small digital VOM now have a beeper on the resistance scale that beeps when shorted. Or use the ohms scale. old style needle meter is better than digital, you can just see it move a few ohms while a digital takes a second o\r two to respond.

for a quick check on battery points deal: Get a small transisotr radio (do they even sell them anymore??) tune it between stations, and put next to the case by points. when the points open you will hear a distinct snap through the radio speaker.

did that many times on my Honda twins, farm equipment and other battery engines, not sure if works on magnetos.