Never felt the need for one of them bad enough to pay the price. But that's even cheaper by nearly ten bucks than the one Harbor Freight sells. So Charlie, since I don't have one and a man has to have one of everything, I dun let ya talk me into ordering one.
I did a series of tests pertaining to the percolation problems with the Stovebolt’s a few years back. I was trying to isolate the hesitation that is do common with these engines. I used an Omega digital temperature monitor with a thermocouple. That has a very slow response time. That infrared unit would have been a better choice because of the response time, if it's accurate that is. The more I think about it the more uses I can see for one. When I was into the airplanes, since they were air cooled we used the cylinder head temperature to monitor the performance of the engine. It would be interesting to see what the different temps are around the Stovebolt also. Such as different points on the block, head, intake and exhaust. Would come in handy if you were having vapor lock problems with your hot rod.
Tool Topia has some really good prices. Much of what they sell is drop shipped from another vendor or directly from the manufacturer. I bought a couple of KD valve spring compressors from them a few months ago. The small one was in a blister pack and was missing one set of jaws. Took four phone calls and about a month and a half to get it rectified. Reason being that, although they listed the tool in their catalog they are not a KD dealer, so they had to order it from a KD dealer who had to order it from the KD factory. I gotta say though, the girls on the phone were very sympathetic and as helpful as they could be and we finally got it straight.
And if you need a few more trinkets for your tool box and can scrape together enough for a $100 order the shipping is nixed. That’s what I did this time for the temp monitor.
DG
