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I was cruising Kijiji........again. It's kinda like craig'slist. I found an ad for a Bear engine analyzer.....for free!
I brought it home.
At the least it can be gutted and turned into a mobile work station, at the best I'll have a piece of machinery to....
wait for it....
analyze engines.
I don't have much of an idea of what these machines do, I'm not a trained mechanic....I know enough to be dangerous. I do know that this one has exhaust gas analyzing capabilities. There are no manuals, tho they are available for $25-$30. I found a floppy drive that had one 3.5" floppy in it dated 1998 and seeming to have data pertaining to the years '92-'96. I haven't powered up the machine, I may do that Sunday. I was told that the gas analyzing works but there are a few leads that are boogered but don't have more details. I'm not great with electrical but am trying to learn. I have played around with '60's era engines many years ago and in the last few years have started again as well as learning OBD-1 for my Rangers/B-IIs.
Sooo.... Is it something worth my time and effort to learn about and possibly fix?
Any input?
Richard
I brought it home.
At the least it can be gutted and turned into a mobile work station, at the best I'll have a piece of machinery to....
wait for it....
analyze engines.
I don't have much of an idea of what these machines do, I'm not a trained mechanic....I know enough to be dangerous. I do know that this one has exhaust gas analyzing capabilities. There are no manuals, tho they are available for $25-$30. I found a floppy drive that had one 3.5" floppy in it dated 1998 and seeming to have data pertaining to the years '92-'96. I haven't powered up the machine, I may do that Sunday. I was told that the gas analyzing works but there are a few leads that are boogered but don't have more details. I'm not great with electrical but am trying to learn. I have played around with '60's era engines many years ago and in the last few years have started again as well as learning OBD-1 for my Rangers/B-IIs.
Sooo.... Is it something worth my time and effort to learn about and possibly fix?
Any input?
Richard