WrenchWhore
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I'm having a hell of an issue trying to get this timing meter to work. I spent probably 5 hours in a hot 110 degree garage in AZ trying to make this thing read. I'm using the "timing with the magnetic probe" method. In the instructions it says that if you hook it up correctly it should be scrolling "0" for RPM and degree blinking "0". It is scrolling the "0" for RPM but just staying solid "0.0" for degrees. Is this normal? Does everyone elses blink before you start up the vehicle? I've seen the other videos posted on YouTube but they aren't the DTI unit so I have no way to reference. The instructions are written it a weird way in my opinion. It says you must have power to the unit before the magnetic probe is plugged in but doesn't say anything for the transducer. I've set the magnetic probe to probably 50 variations of the 1-3 business card thicknesses with no change. I've cleaned the paint off the #1 injector line and hooked up the transducer and grounded the black wire clamp to the same injector line on another spot I cleaned the paint from. Does the line have to be physically sanded to bare metal to work? Has anyone heard of these units not working in super heated garages? I find it hard to believe a tool like this is so delicate that it would be broken from hooking it up.