Diagnostics

[nutjack]

Has anybody used Techstream on ebay for diagnostics? If you have can you recomend as there are quite a few advertised at varying prices,
Car is an SMT 1.8 51 plate
TIA

[Ardent]

@nutjack

I sourced a usb to obd cable a few months back. (Which came with Techstream)  A curiosity purchase.
I gave up on it. Seemed a lot of phaff.
Install something 1st to see it that works, contact seller for a link to something else etc etc. Gave up.

Not saying cannot be made to work on Win10 but seems happier on xp or 7.
If you have an old lappy kicking about.

I would be happy to sell what I have for 1/2 what I paid + postage.

[nutjack]

@nutjack

I sourced a usb to obd cable a few months back. (Which came with Techstream)  A curiosity purchase.
I gave up on it. Seemed a lot of phaff.
Install something 1st to see it that works, contact seller for a link to something else etc etc. Gave up.

Not saying cannot be made to work on Win10 but seems happier on xp or 7.
If you have an old lappy kicking about.

I would be happy to sell what I have for 1/2 what I paid + postage.

Thanks for offer, but I have win 10 too, so probably give it a miss and look for something else, glad I asked first
Cheers

[shnazzle]

I got it. It works. Just hardly more useful to me than my OBDLINK LX, TorquePro and ELMSCAN Toyota.

Unless you need to reset keys (which you can still do without techstream), reset airbag light (I've seen this needed once).

[Petrus]

Exactly what I ran into.
Have the interface cable and software. All installed but it does not communicate with the OBD2 in the car.

I got it. It works. Just hardly more useful to me than my OBDLINK LX, TorquePro and ELMSCAN Toyota.

Unless you need to reset keys (which you can still do without techstream), reset airbag light (I've seen this needed once).

Nutjack needs it for the smt relearning procedure.

How did you get it to work?
What do you have and on what does it run?
If you don´t use it.... please, please, pretty please, can I have it? I will happilly lend it to Nutjack first ;-)

[shnazzle]

Exactly what I ran into.
Have the interface cable and software. All installed but it does not communicate with the OBD2 in the car.

I got it. It works. Just hardly more useful to me than my OBDLINK LX, TorquePro and ELMSCAN Toyota.

Unless you need to reset keys (which you can still do without techstream), reset airbag light (I've seen this needed once).

Nutjack needs it for the smt relearning procedure.

How did you get it to work?
What do you have and on what does it run?
If you don´t use it.... please, please, pretty please, can I have it? I will happilly lend it to Nutjack first ;-)

I did indeed have to load it onto WinXP. But I have to say its definitely flakey. That's the downside of dodgy gear. 


I'd have to do some severe digging to find it. I'll have a look and keep you posted.

[Petrus]

Thank you Patrick.

[Ardent]

Will add to this properly when get home.

[jonbill]

I have it on a virtualised XP on Windows 10. Works fine. I used it to figure out which wheel my ABS problems came from a couple of years ago.

[Ardent]

Hello @jonbill how is you? recovered, or recovering.
Glad to see you posting.

[jonbill]

Hello @jonbill how is you? recovered, or recovering.
Glad to see you posting.

Thanks Jase, I'm well recovered thanks, just busy at work and busy on the Datsun and nothing wrong with the mr2s at all!