Accuspark P8000 Ignition Timing Strobe Light Gun 12v, with Advance Control

I used this for 5mins and it stopped working. But already this felt like a cheaply made tacky product. I've returned for refund and its an annoying wasted of time have something just not even achieve the job its intended for.

I have needed a decent strobe timing light for a while, but cannot justify the expense of specialist tools. Accuspark have been a name I’ve heard of for years and so in trying to sort an issue with the V8 and Megasquirt I just needed one. Plenty of weird named timing lights out there for less money, almost went with the basic Draper one.The gun is solidly made and the instructions tell you to check the connections if you get no spark. I like the honesty and basic fault finding written in English.You need to have a good spark at the plug otherwise this type won’t work and initially I thought I had a problem with the timing light. New plugs and the timing light worked, giving me the info I needed. I just now need to understand what to do about it! GEMS type Rover V8 with Megasquirt 2 ExtraEFI. My missing tooth seems to be at 20 degrees ATDC rather than usual timing being before TDC. Ho hum, one day I’ll sort it. Engine now runs beautifully smooth but I know the advance timing is still a bit wrong…