Hooking Up Timing Light

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Nitrate
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Your car is a: 1981 Fiat 2000

Hooking Up Timing Light

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1981.2000. Where do you hook up the leads that power a timing light in the engine compartment? Since the battery in mine is located in the trunk I can't reach it. Do you clamp on to the power going to the starting motor?
GeorgeT
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Your car is a: 1982 Fiat 124 Spider

Re: Hooking Up Timing Light

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I used the output post on the alternator.
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riverdadd
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Your car is a: 1975 Fiat Spider 1977 Alfa Spider

Re: Hooking Up Timing Light

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i use a small 12 volt hobby battery......like for a scooter or such.... that way the wires don't have a chance of tangling up in rotating machinery.....
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