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Technical Shop => Tools and Equipment => Topic started by: 70chall440 on February 23, 2017, 06:35:07 PM

Title: How many have these?
Post by: 70chall440 on February 23, 2017, 06:35:07 PM
Wondering how many members have/use these
Title: Re: How many have these?
Post by: Chryco Psycho on February 23, 2017, 06:36:40 PM
Kinda Bulky  :unbelievable:
Title: Re: How many have these?
Post by: 70chall440 on February 23, 2017, 06:39:26 PM
True by today's standards. They do a lot of things however, I used them years ago when in high school. The ones pictured were used by a local HS up until about 3 years ago.
Title: Re: How many have these?
Post by: Chryco Psycho on February 23, 2017, 06:42:58 PM
Never said they were bad , I used them also in the early years as a mechanic  :yes:
Title: Re: How many have these?
Post by: Cuda Cody on February 23, 2017, 06:50:07 PM
I keep looking at swap meets for one and someday I will pick one up.   :yes:  They are cool to have!
Title: Re: How many have these?
Post by: 70chall440 on February 23, 2017, 06:51:42 PM
Quote from: Cuda Cody on February 23, 2017, 06:50:07 PM
I keep looking at swap meets for one and someday I will pick one up.   :yes:  They are cool to have!

Well... perhaps you and I should talk...  :)
Title: Re: How many have these?
Post by: jt4406 on February 24, 2017, 05:16:59 PM
I bought an "Investigator" new in '84, used it daily in my repair shop until end of summer '86 when I took the teaching job I retired from. Very good piece of equipment at the time. Still got it, and still use it on my toys. I would love to find out how to repair and calibrate the CO and HC meters though.

:ohyeah:

jess
Title: Re: How many have these?
Post by: Rich G. on June 21, 2017, 07:40:24 PM
I had an Atlas one from my fathers gas station. I gave it away because the floor space was more valuable to me. What I liked the best about it was you could see a worn distributor and bad wires.
Title: Re: How many have these?
Post by: jimynick on June 21, 2017, 08:28:06 PM
Those machines look to be the "newer" versions. My step father sold Allen equipment in the late 60's and I remember him showing my uncle in his Shell Car Guard Clinic- with a chassis dyno and all- how the machine worked on his new 69 Buick GS400. Once you got used to it, it was truly amazing how much info you could glean using them.  :yes:
Title: Re: How many have these?
Post by: Timbbuc2 on June 22, 2017, 04:59:24 AM
Yep I have used them in Auto Mechanics class many,many years ago
Title: Re: How many have these?
Post by: 340challconvert on June 22, 2017, 05:03:56 AM
That was really hi tech back in the day.
Learned how to use one in the 70's when I worked as a mechanic in an Exxon station on weekends.
Looked very cool to even look at.
Title: Re: How many have these?
Post by: mccannix on June 22, 2017, 06:58:33 AM
Not quite in the same vein but I have one of these...works, and cool Mopar unit to look at, only 18 inches wide, but I'm running out of a spot for it.
May have to roll it to Carlisle
Title: Re: How many have these?
Post by: Brads70 on June 22, 2017, 08:32:39 AM
Quote from: mccannix on June 22, 2017, 06:58:33 AM
Not quite in the same vein but I have one of these...works, and cool Mopar unit to look at, only 18 inches wide, but I'm running out of a spot for it.
May have to roll it to Carlisle

What is that worth.....  Does it still work? Missing any parts? Might be interested?
Title: Re: How many have these?
Post by: mccannix on June 22, 2017, 09:02:00 PM
Came from a still operating dealership, ...worked there.
Plug it in, lights up, but I never had a desire to hook it up to anything.
$150.00 on the ground at Carlisle or I'll leave it up here for you, $200.00 Canuckbucks