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| pbanders |
 Sep 21 2016, 08:09 AM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 943 Joined: 11-June 03 From: Phoenix, AZ Member No.: 805  |
Ever been driving your 914 down the road and suddenly find yourself on the side of the road with your head in the engine bay, trying to figure out why it's stopped running? Yeah, sounds unlikely I know, it's only happened to me a few dozen times. Often, the cause is something very simple that if you just had a couple of tools, you could figure it out. Here are three I keep in my car that have helped me out more than once. The examples with links to Amazon cost less than $25 total.
Bosch "noid" light: unplug connector to an injector and plug the noid light into the connector, flashes if it's getting an injection pulse. If all four check out, your ECU, trigger contact points, and wiring harness/grounds are working. $6 https://www.amazon.com/OEMTOOLS-25141-Noid-...C/dp/B004FELH04 Firing indicator: Place grooved end against spark plug wires and coil wires, light flashes if you're getting spark. If they all check out, your dizzy, points, cap, rotor, wires, coil, and condenser (or your electronic ignition) are working. $9 https://www.amazon.com/all-sun-Portable-Aut.../dp/B013JGEWLY/ There are also fancier versions of the firing indicator that have LED's and a battery and cost about $30, IMO, it's wasted money, they don't tell you much more than the cheap $9 one does. Multimeter: Mine is ancient but still works fine. I keep my fancy DMM's at home. You can test for tons of stuff with a multimeter. Check your battery, wire continuity, see if voltage is present, check bulbs to see if they're blown, etc. Indispensable. $7, you can spend more, but for quick diagnostics this is all you need. This one has cheap leads, if you want to spend more, buy some decent leads. https://www.amazon.com/General-Hand-held-Mu.../dp/B00066ZZO4/ Here's a pic of my set of these tools, had them in my glovebox for the past 20+ years. I also have a spare clutch cable and throttle cable in the well of the spare in the front trunk, as well as tools to install them if needed. Also a full set of fuses and a spare relay in the glove box, too.  |
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Sep 21 2016, 08:38 AM
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Michael Group: Members Posts: 10,369 Joined: 1-November 08 From: Auburn, CA Member No.: 9,712 Region Association: Northern California 
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Nice tips. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)
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| sb914 |
Sep 21 2016, 08:42 AM
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Surf Guru Group: Members Posts: 4,518 Joined: 25-November 12 From: Brookings,Oregon Member No.: 15,191 Region Association: Southern California
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And most importantly
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| JustinMeier |
Sep 21 2016, 09:36 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 244 Joined: 3-August 16 From: Scottsdale Member No.: 20,258 Region Association: None |
All 3 are in my Amazon cart now.. Thanks!
AAA Premier is also in my glove box for when all hell breaks loose. |
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| barefoot |
Sep 21 2016, 09:37 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,407 Joined: 19-March 13 From: Charleston SC Member No.: 15,673 Region Association: South East States
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Good stuff,
BTW Harbor freight gives multimeters away for free sometimes |
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| Big Len |
Sep 21 2016, 11:24 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,770 Joined: 16-July 13 From: Edgewood, New Mexico Member No.: 16,126 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Placed the order, good advice, thanks.
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| rgalla9146 |
Sep 21 2016, 11:29 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,769 Joined: 23-November 05 From: Paramus NJ Member No.: 5,176 Region Association: None
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#4, cellphone
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| 76-914 |
Sep 21 2016, 01:16 PM
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Repeat Offender & Resident Subaru Antagonist Group: Members Posts: 13,734 Joined: 23-January 09 From: Temecula, CA Member No.: 9,964 Region Association: Southern California
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I have the exact same Multimeter. Bought it for my dad in the 70's and placed it in my Garage after he passed. Last week, one of the leads broke after 40 some odd years of use. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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| pbanders |
Sep 21 2016, 01:27 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 943 Joined: 11-June 03 From: Phoenix, AZ Member No.: 805 |
I agree, AAA card and a cellphone make it 5 things you've gotta have!
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| Big Len |
Sep 21 2016, 04:09 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,770 Joined: 16-July 13 From: Edgewood, New Mexico Member No.: 16,126 Region Association: Southwest Region |
QUOTE(rgalla9146 @ Sep 21 2016, 01:29 PM)  #4, cellphone Yes......to call YOU. |
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