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In Reply to: RE: Show us your multimeters! posted by Jeff Starr on September 29, 2016 at 15:44:57
It looks capable to me. I bought the Radio Schack when they were still a little pricey, but that with other tweaks made my 86 Mustang fly!
Dave
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Dave, I thought the RS, was the one in the middle, I had an RS that looked very much like it. May have been smaller, it was just an analog multimeter that got used mostly for testing industrial sized fuses and the occasional check of voltage.
Jeff, For the application I needed pinpoint accuracy. Digital was the only way to go.
Dave
Got you, I didn't look at the names on the meters. When I enlarged the pic, I then realized I had mixed up the RS with the one in the middle.
Digital is nice, no guessing between the lines on an analog device.
What were you doing on the Mustang that required the meter? I went to school for auto body, but never learned more than the basics, engine wise. I would change plugs or put a timing belt in my Vega, but never learned how to do full tuneups. Or anything beyond bolting on a set of headers. And no, the headers weren't for the Vega.
It was a procedure to adjust the throttle positioning sensor. You stick a safety pin in the the wire clip the multimeter to it and ground the other end. There are specific voltage readings you should get with the key on and engine not running, the engine idling and WOT. You adjust the throttle positioning sensor accordingly. As I recall, my 5.0 was in the correct range so I did not need to do any adjustments.
Dave
I think the Radio Shack model sold for about $12 when I bought one for work. That would have been in the '80s.
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