autobody
02-10-2007, 06:19 PM
For a while now I have been having some trouble with the scanning probe. Sometimes it doesn't recognise that it's in and after getting going it will stop and say "please check probe".
I think I have figured out what my problems have been. My shop temp is generally around 50°F. I build a fire and warm it up to 70°F and all seems well. Today I started a scan and it kept giving me the error please check probe. I took my heat gun and warmed up the probe and truck (takes a while for the shop to warm up ) and it's working fine now.
The other thing I'm wondering about is this:
http://www.PhotoShare.co.nz/PhotoShareGallery1/100503/108025/CarvingMachine002602.jpg
I noticed that once in a while when the probe goes up the top of the cable drive hits the machine cover slot. I've tried bending it but it's plastic and doesn't seem to stay ( note the gap between the black plastic and the clear cover). Should I request a new plastic top? Maybe I should just stick a block of wood in the middle of it when I'm not using it to spread it a bit?
Here is a carving I did a while back that I am scanning, says it's going to take 20 hours.
http://www.PhotoShare.co.nz/PhotoShareGallery1/100503/108025/CarvingMachine01966_S.jpg
Thanks for any help, thoughts. ~Mike
I think I have figured out what my problems have been. My shop temp is generally around 50°F. I build a fire and warm it up to 70°F and all seems well. Today I started a scan and it kept giving me the error please check probe. I took my heat gun and warmed up the probe and truck (takes a while for the shop to warm up ) and it's working fine now.
The other thing I'm wondering about is this:
http://www.PhotoShare.co.nz/PhotoShareGallery1/100503/108025/CarvingMachine002602.jpg
I noticed that once in a while when the probe goes up the top of the cable drive hits the machine cover slot. I've tried bending it but it's plastic and doesn't seem to stay ( note the gap between the black plastic and the clear cover). Should I request a new plastic top? Maybe I should just stick a block of wood in the middle of it when I'm not using it to spread it a bit?
Here is a carving I did a while back that I am scanning, says it's going to take 20 hours.
http://www.PhotoShare.co.nz/PhotoShareGallery1/100503/108025/CarvingMachine01966_S.jpg
Thanks for any help, thoughts. ~Mike