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wildcard · Post by **wildcard** » Thu May 18, 2006 6:59 pm

But I've lost the instructions. I have a volt/dwell/rpm meter and cant remember where to hook up the leads (one black, one green) to check the Dwell and RPMs. About all Iremember is it is an old Craftsman. Could get the model # if I put on my glasses

. Any help would be appreciated. BTW, it's a 300 I6, with points and condenser.

72hiboy4x4 · Post by **72hiboy4x4** » Thu May 18, 2006 8:51 pm

Just a guess, but black to ground and green to the positive side of the coil?

390Nut · Post by **390Nut** » Fri May 19, 2006 1:31 am

does it look kinda like this?

craftsman meter

I've got the instructions for it, if you want I can scan it and email it to you

wildcard · Post by **wildcard** » Fri May 19, 2006 5:50 am

Thats prretty much it, only it has just a small black and a small red gator clip. And it doesn;t have the dial. Only the slide selector in the vertical position. The scales appear the same.If you could send those to me I'd sure be grateful. I can probably figure it out with a little jolt of the old memory. Thanks

390Nut · Post by **390Nut** » Fri May 19, 2006 10:12 am

Never seen one like that, wierd. These instructions probably wont help much, but I'll dig them out later and get it scanned in this evening. Use the email button below to email me, and don't forget to type in your email address so I can send you the files. Probably be .doc files, but I'll see how they turn out when scanned, and may have to save them as .jpg to get them to be readable (not all that familiar with my scanner

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68F250 · Post by **68F250** » Fri May 19, 2006 11:37 am

Hi! Normally dwell meters connect to the coil negative (-) post. But before you do that there should be some kind of adjustment to zero out the meter when you have the test leads shorted together.

wildcard · Post by **wildcard** » Fri May 19, 2006 8:23 pm

Barry, I see what you're saying, but it's an old model (when Sears and Roebuck were still together) and the needle sets on 0 all the way across when not in use.

wildcard · Post by **wildcard** » Fri May 19, 2006 8:26 pm

It's model # 161.216500

wildcard · Post by **wildcard** » Sun May 21, 2006 8:17 pm

Thanks again 390Nut. That was exactly what I needed.

390Nut · Post by **390Nut** » Mon May 22, 2006 2:20 am

Glad to help.

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