A friend brought his South African built 2002 110 CSW with an 18p Td5 to me to scan with my Nanocom (didn't even know there was an 18p!). If anyone happens to know what the 18p differences are, I'm all ears. It looks the same as my 15p in all respects though (FPR routing, etc.).
This 110 is really in pristine shape. Its interior barely has any signs of use, and it looks like it never went off road. Steering is tight, clutch is great, etc. It drives like I would imagine a new Td5 to. And it's showing about 25,000 miles on the odometer. The story is that this one was involved in some insurance dispute and sat in a garage for years.
So I'm looking around for the computer port to plug the Nanocom into, and it's not there. I eventually find that someone has intentionally cut the wires to the port, taped them up, and hidden them under the body, above the transmission housing.
My thought is that maybe on this newer 18p engine, it could have a BCU like a Disco that would allow someone to see what the true mileage is with the Nanocom? Or a mechanic just really wants to make his life difficult each time he wants to scan the engine? I'm going to make a harness to read it with the Nanocom over the next couple of days which may shed some light on this... but how bizarre. My thought is that maybe the person selling it *thought* you could read the true mileage on a Defender-spec Td5, which I've not seen. Maybe this was his usual routine with Discos he was flipping or something.
After I found this I checked the vin on the body and frame, both match and do correspond to the right 110. And the ECU appears to be the original, as it has a factory sticker with the same vin on it. So at least that part looks legit...
This 110 is really in pristine shape. Its interior barely has any signs of use, and it looks like it never went off road. Steering is tight, clutch is great, etc. It drives like I would imagine a new Td5 to. And it's showing about 25,000 miles on the odometer. The story is that this one was involved in some insurance dispute and sat in a garage for years.
So I'm looking around for the computer port to plug the Nanocom into, and it's not there. I eventually find that someone has intentionally cut the wires to the port, taped them up, and hidden them under the body, above the transmission housing.
My thought is that maybe on this newer 18p engine, it could have a BCU like a Disco that would allow someone to see what the true mileage is with the Nanocom? Or a mechanic just really wants to make his life difficult each time he wants to scan the engine? I'm going to make a harness to read it with the Nanocom over the next couple of days which may shed some light on this... but how bizarre. My thought is that maybe the person selling it *thought* you could read the true mileage on a Defender-spec Td5, which I've not seen. Maybe this was his usual routine with Discos he was flipping or something.
After I found this I checked the vin on the body and frame, both match and do correspond to the right 110. And the ECU appears to be the original, as it has a factory sticker with the same vin on it. So at least that part looks legit...