Does anyone in the North Pierce/South King county area know where I can rent a timing light? I've called Autozone, Schucks, and several other auto parts stores in the area, but none of them rent out timing lights.

 

I'm way too poor to buy one, and I'd like to finish the tune up I started three weeks ago.

 

Any ideas as to who might rent one? Does anyone have one that I could borrow for a couple days?

Try a rental store.

sears should have one for about 40 bucks.

Check harbor freight too.

 

 

Alex

send me a PM i am home weekends and evenings, i live in covington, you could stop by and we could time your car.

Does anyone in the North Pierce/South King county area know where I can rent a timing light? I've called Autozone, Schucks, and several other auto parts stores in the area, but none of them rent out timing lights.

 

I'm way too poor to buy one, and I'd like to finish the tune up I started three weeks ago.

 

Any ideas as to who might rent one? Does anyone have one that I could borrow for a couple days?

 

MFCx,

Do what you can to finish your tune up up......

if you really need a light I'll ship one to you.....

 

BUT......(and please DON"T THINK I"M PICKING ON YOU....)

 

I know specialized tools can be expensive, but there are some things that, if you are going to own a car, and do your own work on, that you should invest in.....beg borrow or steal......but get them.....taken care of they will last a life time.......

 

(granted...most of my tools are now purchased at sears or from snap-on.....but I was young and broke once too.....ah...the $13, 250 piece mechanics tool set from k-mart.....)

 

(Last March....) When my son (16) decided he wanted a car, I got him some tools that I thought were "must have" items.....I think I spent about $50 total....

Were these these best tools I could get him? NO. Do they work? Yes

All tools were purchased at Harbour Freight.

 

Canvas tool bag....$7 on sale.

Habour Freight timing light (yes, you have to use it in TOTAL darkness....)....$10

12 Volt test probe. $5

Digital multi-meter $5.

Standard/Metric wrench set (don't apply more than 50lbs torque). $16

Standard/Metric socket set. (this was actually pretty nice...)$15

Metric/standard allen wrench set. (decent) $3

217 peice screwdriver set. $9 (OK, I it was only 12 pieces....but still....)

 

Let's see...7, 10, 5,5,16,15,3,and 9.....OK $70.... but you just need the light.... hehehhe

 

Is it perfect or the best? No

Do they work? YES

But hey, since I am now somehow driving "his" subaru (while he's driving my silverado ) ) I carry everything but the timing light with me....and I've used them a few times.....and it gives me a nice 'fuzzy' feeling having them there.

 

Dude, we've all been there.....but if you're serious about doing your own work......tools are something that will pay for themselves many times over....

 

Let me know if you still need a light....I have one that you can have.....PM me your address and it's yours. (shhhhhhhh..... shippings on me...)

Again, I'm not picking on you....(everybody on this board has, at some point needed a tool they don't have, can't afford, etc..... but even one tool at a time is a step in the right direction....

 

NV

Find a harbor frieght. This will be your best friend. I picked up a complete car care set there once that had a Timing Gun, Dwell Meter, Compression tester and a switch you could use to bypass the ignition... in order to crank the engine w/out being inside the car. I think i paid $55 for it after tax, but i still use the timing gun to this day (3yrs later). Ive upgraded everything else since then.

 

-Brian

I got one that is just fine at Walmart for about $25.