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Thanks Scanner Danner.  I really thank You for the time you take to video Labscope Diagnostic Procedures.  It has been a great help to me when using the Pico Scope 4000 series scope.  Thanks.

ScannerDanner wrote on Jun 28^th, 2012 at 6:52pm:


  Any particular reason?  Sometimes, depending on which ones you are referring to, it is better to avoid the presets if possible.  For beginners they may be okay, depending on which ones you use, but others limit the scopes true abilities, and can hinder ones utilization of the scopes features.  Just my opinion.  Either way, I'd love to see what you come up with.  I agree with the rest of the guys too, your teaching style is superb, and you make the learning process interesting and easy in your videos.  Wish more of my teachers were like you when I went to UTI, keep up the good work.

PRESTON wrote on Jun 28^th, 2012 at 7:02pm:


I was actually asked to do it by some of the guys at pico. Of course I put my own touch to it too.
Here is a link to the two I did. Let me know what you think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoFt3uzQd44
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5KAHv47viw

I liked the videos, they weren't real heavy on the presets at all, plus you threw in the disclaimer of them being a good place to start, but can be modified from there.  I also watched the 2 part series of the misfire on that chevy p/u with Eric the car guy.  I like that it was pretty candid, made it feel real, as it should.  Totally real world stuff when you can tell that you weren't expecting to get the injector capture that you ended up getting, awesome.  It's a perfect example of "test don't guess", and something that I try to tell my customers all the time when they come in asking, "what do you think it could be?".  My conversation about the code I just pulled out of there PCM memory in the parking lot usually starts with, "it could be the component listed in the description of the code, it could be another component that the PCM thinks is correct but isn't, it could be in the PCM, or it could be simply a poor connection or bad wire somewhere.  Do you want me to throw parts at it because you think it would be cheaper than spending $100 to know EXACTLY what it will need, PLUS the guarantee that would come with that diagnosis?".  If that truck had rolled into my shop, it would have been 1 hour diag., plus like .5 for a wiring repair.  Now the shop down the street may have said it's not getting fuel, must be the injector.  How much do you think that bill would have been?  PLUS it still wouldn't have been fixed.
  I look forward to your contributions, I might even buy your book for all your hard work and efforts 
  Oh yeah, if you ever save waveforms you would have noticed that the file extension at the end is psd,

Paul
Scanner
Danner

  It's like it was meant to be or something.  Wow, I need to go to bed, 

Paul,
Keep it up and someone will learn something.

Welcome to the forums.  On the YouTube links there is (or at least used to be) a way to actually imbed it in the post.  I believe it is using the insert media icon in reply box.  I have not been on YouTube in a while I will have to check out your videos.  It might give the motivation to put another one together. It is amazing what can be found on YouTube.

Sam

ScannerDanner wrote on Jun 26^th, 2012 at 7:59pm:



Hi Paul and welcome aboard!

  Paul welcome in I have your book it is great top shelf stuff. I also like your vids. very good also. But I live in Pgh. area (beaver co.) every time I go to but T pins thay tell me some guy named scanner has bought them all! Give the rest of us a break! Any way a safety pin will work also Good luck to ya Joe