njsteve
Reged: 11/21/03
Posts: 2813
Loc: NJUSA
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A local long-time, family owned Chrysler dealer near me had this sitting unused in their back room for the past 25 years. They listed their Sun 1115 Performance Anaylzer on Craigslist but no-one contacted them expect for me. He originally wanted $500, but I told him honestly, these don't really sell for all that much since they are impossible to ship and hard to move. I had a nice time talking with the owner and asked him to please check recent ebay listings and he could see similar units selling for between $15 and $150. He called me yesterday and told me I could have it for $100. So I went by today and picked it up. You won't believe the documentation and manuals inside it, and extra tools. The manuals go back to 1953! There are vintage compression testers and a vintage armature tester too!
I spoke with one of the mechanics and he said they still have all their old sales files too!
Armature tester:
Compression tester:
Paperwork galore!
Didn't someone have a recent tech question about the ECS emission control solenoid and how it worked with the transmisson? Here is some diagnostic stuff...
Now I have to go back and read my old votech manuals from 1980 and all this stuff to see if I can figure it all out again.
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amartinson
Reged: 02/14/07
Posts: 270
Loc: Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Hey, you did buy it!!
Good for you! When you get it all figured out, let me know. 
Honestly, I would gladly pay for copies of a couple of those manuals that I didn't get with mine.
Congrats!
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Alss
Reged: 02/26/02
Posts: 1239
Loc: The tax State of New Jersey
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When can I bring the car over for a tune up? 
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1969 9566AA COPO Chevelle M-22 Fathom green
1969 Malibu ZL-1 th 400 Burnished Brown
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MosportGreen66
Reged: 11/15/02
Posts: 3904
Loc: New York
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When can I bring the car over for a tune up?
I was just going to ask... too cool Steve! Too cool!
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Ls6 Ragtop
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Reged: 11/08/07
Posts: 100
Loc: MA
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I have always thought this old diagnostic equipment was cool and picked up one of these analyzers as well as a couple of distributor machines. Unfortunately Steve is right, these analyzers never seem to bring much money as I found out when I finally realized I really didn't have the room for it and ended up giving it away. Hopefully the guy I gave it to will put it to good use.
Chris
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Dog427435
Reged: 12/23/06
Posts: 2322
Loc: Elmont, NY / West Chester, Pa
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Nice piece!!
I remember a local shop had one of those in the mid sixties - It was high tech for the time - If you had a problem you couldn't figure out, that's where you went
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68l30
Reged: 09/27/00
Posts: 1622
Loc: Cleveland,Ohio
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 Nice score!
Steve
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njsteve
Reged: 11/21/03
Posts: 2813
Loc: NJUSA
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Does anyone know of any dealers out there that sell new/used lead sets for Sun equipment? The originals are kind of chewed up and the timing light has seen better days.
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427TJ
Reged: 01/05/04
Posts: 3506
Loc: Seattle-Tacoma
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Steve, with your skills I am sure you could make this your next restoration project! Cool item.
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Verne_Frantz
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 07/29/03
Posts: 1938
Loc: Central New Jersey
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Steve, IF you get any "leads", let me know. I need the O-scope harness for my SUN model 960 "Scope Motor Tester" (circa '68)
Verne
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