jajolee Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I have this old tester but never know what it's for can you help me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleek Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 looks like a tester for sparkplugs. It would be helpful to see a better pic of the ends of the wires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 It's made by AC Spark Plug Co so it's obviously for spark plugs. The question is why six settings but only two wires and no indications Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mribbich@wi.rr.com Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 (edited) Maybe it is only a part of some test system, and I only see 5 settings. Does the oval hole at the bottom have a light in it?? Maybe it could be used to check resistance on spark plug wires one at a time and the 1-5 is to measure that.Marv. Edited December 26, 2011 by mribbich@wi.rr.com (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Here is a thought... maybe. Is it maybe a tester to see what kind of resistance there might be in the spark plug circuit? If you put an ohm meter on the ends of both wires and change the dial does the resistance change? If you were to hook up the tester in series with each spark plug individually and turn the dial until the car started to miss you would see where there is a difference in voltage/current required to jump the sparkplug until it would miss. This might make sense since the body of the tester is a bakelite material that is used as an isulation mater in the 1950's and back..... just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajolee Posted December 28, 2011 Author Share Posted December 28, 2011 here some more pic'sthe wires are fused togetter and I think there is something missingin the hole at the bottem is someting glas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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