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**DanStokes** · October 11, 2012, 12:20 PM

Hey - I need me one of them Do-Well tachs! Maybe then my race cars will Do Well. Can I find one on line?

Dan

**Barry Donovan** · October 11, 2012, 12:27 PM

napa and carquest seem to pass down some knowledge.
even 1987 is crazy for a place like advanced auto.

the fake fender vents are more of an interest apparently to keep on a shelf..

**Runner1972** · October 11, 2012, 07:59 PM

Tell me about it, Actually losing shelf space for that LED Crap now that kids will steal now and just add to the inventory issues lately.

I don't even have a dwell tach in work, I'd have to order it.........got one in the garage from Sears that who knows how old it is

It's hard lately working in the auto parts field. It's becoming harder to find older cars parts. I actually head online in work and get part numbers and then run them in our systems.As long as it's a Napa/Carquest/BWD/Standard Number I can work with it.

**antmnte** · October 11, 2012, 08:10 PM

I was just having this conversation with a friend in my town that works in a very busy shop. He said it seems even cars say 10 -12 years old he sometimes has a little trouble getting parts for. He said many large warehouses just dont want the stock sitting there. He said he actually has ALOT of cars in there now- late 90- early 2000's, so their is a demand for stuff. As far as good old stuff,you would think
so many parts cross over stuff would be at least somewhat available and it helps if the counter guy knows what he is being asked.

**Scott Liggett** · October 11, 2012, 08:18 PM

I had one I got from Kragan's for years, but it finally died from me constantly dropping it. I now have an AC Delco one that is from the 70's by it's size and it's metal. The voltage reader is off. Not sure why.

**harrybro** · October 11, 2012, 10:16 PM

I actually head online in work and get part numbers and then run them in our systems.

**anotheridiot** · October 12, 2012, 04:52 AM

Originally posted by boxer3main View Post

napa and carquest seem to pass down some knowledge.
even 1987 is crazy for a place like advanced auto.

the fake fender vents are more of an interest apparently to keep on a shelf..

Well, napa is a big supporter or Universal Technical Institute. After getting a 35,000 ford accredited edumacation from there, the list of jobs my son got to apply for was either jiffy lube or counter man at napa. They should know their parts, well for kids that think an 8.00 an hour job is what that education went for.

**Ron Ward** · October 12, 2012, 05:23 AM

I am sitting here trying to remember when I bought my do-well tach... must have been 1982 or 83... I still have it and have even used it within the last 6 months.

**anotheridiot** · October 12, 2012, 11:00 AM

I just dug all my spare parts out of the garage, found my dwell tach meter with a cracked plastic glass and a couple timing lights with the cords chewed off.

**Yardpilot** · October 12, 2012, 01:21 PM

I was helping one of my neighbors setting up a wood-stove for heating this winter. I told him that little story about the "do-well" tach, and he said he had one I could borrow. That's it in the pictures. The other two pictures are of my pal. He was helping. That's not classic photo "red-eye," his eyes always flare bright red when light hits them. That's 'cause he's a heck-hound. Too playful to be a hell-hound. Sixteen months old and full of love.

The leads are broken, with crumbling insulation. I'm going to patch in a section of extension cord to replace them. It is an Allen 27-83. That would put it in the late sixties, I'm guessing? I was expecting it to be crammed full, but actually everything fits on the inside of the front cover. The rest looks like a big, empty lunch box. Air circulation, or just the style of the times? I haven't seen some of those electronic parts in lots of years. As long as it works. I have some great neighbors.

Hook to both sides of the coil, right?

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