Maybe I suffer from dumb luck or perhaps my memory isn't so good, but I don't recall having any issues with the one I had, although I did think the battery was a bit short lived. When the battery dies, the accumulated engine time resets to -0-, but otherwise was simple enough to remedy with a fresh battery.
Perhaps the difference is that the magneto simply fires once and isn't nearly so hot of a spark as you'll see coming off a high energy coil like you run in on the Corvair. I don't know about yours, but some of the high performance and high energy ignition modules are designed to maintain the spark a bit longer, which might really mess with the inductive pickup of something like the Tiny Tach as the inductive pickup might see multiple pulses to maintain the spark. As best I recall the question was about getting tach data on a magneto fired VW without attaching directly to the points. Without some sort of gear drive, or a pulse counter on the back of the spinner, an inductive pickup gets down to the final of choice. Some of us have used it successfully in that exact application. -Jeff Scott Los Alamos, NM ---------------------- Don't waste your money on the Tiny Tach. I bought three or four of them and finally gave up. ------ most of comment deleted to save space ------ Put your money into something that will be accurate and last, and you'll be way ahead... Mark Langford ____________________________________________________________ Click here for free information on business phone systems from top companies. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/BLSrjpTQZaoRsJWeYVZVTxboEqccCwHeVC313RRpAUZCrkwkH8y8lsfGRmI/
