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Originally Posted by alabbasi
Larry
Thanks, I understand that all of this data can now be obtained through your OBDII port so they're about as useful as tits on a bull for most professional automotive technicians these days. However, I have a number of old V8's that it may be useful for.
I've seen a Snap-on scope for $175. It's not small, but it has all the leads. Maybe I should just bite the bullet and get it?
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If you do a lot of work on cars with distributors a scope would definitely be useful. For electronic distributors you will need a few adapters to cover them. The problem with these old scopes is usually aged capacitors. When I got my Sun in the eighties I did a capacitor renovation to get it working. If I were to use it again now it has been so long I would probably have to do it again.
If you could see it work before buying it, it might be worth the money.
Since you are local, if you get one, I would be happy to see how much I remember about using one and give you a primer on it.