Well the cable that connects to it seems fine, I could try using a different one. Or perhaps an internal wire. I might see if I can figure out how to take it apart without screwing it up.
Yesterday when I had the issue with the beam being blocked to the back on the left side, the RF was working fine. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 8, 2023, at 7:43 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Sounds like an intermittent electrical fault, bad connection? > > --FT > Sent from iFōn > >> On Oct 8, 2023, at 7:19 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Today I went back and made sure I had the steering wheel centered to the >> rack, which I do not think I did initially. I also did a better job of >> evening out the tie rods. Got machine all setup again and still getting that >> damn error for the RF sensor saying tow transducer has a problem. None of >> the beams were showing blocked though. It has a beam in each sensor head and >> I guess a receiver at the other end, so a beam goes front to back, and back >> to front etc. Since it’s indicating the RF I assume it’s the receiving end >> of the beam from the back. At one point I got in the car and decided to try >> steering the wheel back and forth a little bit. Start turning it too far one >> way and the beam is blocked, same for the other direction. Just as I was >> about to give up I had the wheel turned a little to the right and suddenly >> the error cleared and all readings popped up. I climbed out of the car and >> but the time I got out error had returned. >> >> I messed around with it a little longer but gave up. Going to see if I can >> get car in somewhere tomorrow morning to do an alignment. Car drives >> straight enough to get there. >> >> Next up I decided to throw my 85 300D on the rack and hook it up. Perhaps >> there was still something way off with the 99. The 123 does the same thing >> with that error. Only thing I can’t think of at this point is that sensor >> head is dirty on the receiver, which it doesn’t appear to be. Sensor is out >> of calibration maybe? Or perhaps the beam receiver is bad somehow. I really >> don’t think it’s operator error at this point. I might see if I can get the >> local hunter rep to calibrate and/or how much that will cost. Otherwise I >> may keep my eyes open for another set of heads or even another machine that >> could be used for parts, or whatever. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
