Beaver

Beaver

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Been looking to get a diag tool since my ABS/TC lights are on. Every thing I find points to Nanocom or Hawkeye which are a tad expensive to read a code and turn a dash light off. Looking on eBay there are 'things' on sale for 30 quid.

I'd like advice for someone who has one what is best of the budget bunch. All I need to do is read codes and reset dash lights. It's a 52 plate TD5 110.

Ta,
stu
 
Most of the cheep obd2 fault code readers aren't compatible with the TD5, Hence most people having a nanocom or a hawkeye.
It will pay for it's self eventually, Instead of paying the garage £30-£40 a time.
I've got a nanocom you could use if you don't want to got to the expense of buying one.
 
aaronmorris said:
Most of the cheep obd2 fault code readers aren't compatible with the TD5, Hence most people having a nanocom or a hawkeye.
It will pay for it's self eventually, Instead of paying the garage £30-£40 a time.
I've got a nanocom you could use if you don't want to got to the expense of buying one.
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Thanks for the offer. I'm in Donny 20th so I may take you up on your offer. I do like to own the tools I need though.
 
Nanocoms pop up from time to time secondhand so keep an eye out as they can be gotten for as little as a 100-150 quid sometimes which is great value.

Its one of those tools that your not sure how much use you'll make of it but once you have it, you'll use it loads even for just monitoring stuff :)
 
Beaver said:
Thanks for the offer. I'm in Donny 20th so I may take you up on your offer. I do like to own the tools I need though.
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No worries, The offer is there if you need it, And I agree with owning the tools you need. Only actually used it twice, But as far as I'm concerned it will pay for its self in time.

DaveM-sport said:
Nanocoms pop up from time to time secondhand so keep an eye out as they can be gotten for as little as a 100-150 quid sometimes which is great value.

Its one of those tools that your not sure how much use you'll make of it but once you have it, you'll use it loads even for just monitoring stuff :)
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I've watched a few in the past on ebay and seen them do more than new ones :eek:
 
DaveM-sport said:
Nanocoms pop up from time to time secondhand so keep an eye out as they can be gotten for as little as a 100-150 quid sometimes which is great value.

Its one of those tools that your not sure how much use you'll make of it but once you have it, you'll use it loads even for just monitoring stuff :)
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I've never seen a Nanocom go for less than £300 on fleabay. Go for the first generation Nanocom rather than the later evolution model as it can do a lot more without buying extra dongles and user codes. They took out a lot of the functionality when the guy who designed the original nanocom sold out. JMHO btw I have an original nanocom that has paid for itself many times over.
 
Guy that used own my TD5 sold his for 150 euro. Maybe just worth less over here as not a big a market for them.

An used one shouldn't be worth any less than a brand new one especially if it has a few extra codes in it but I just meant, you can get lucky on how sometimes sell stuff off reasonably cheap as they have no use for it and just want it gone.


What sort of functions could the old nanocom do that the Evo can't Shifty? I've the Evo so just curious :)
 
DaveM-sport said:
Guy that used own my TD5 sold his for 150 euro. Maybe just worth less over here as not a big a market for them.

An used one shouldn't be worth any less than a brand new one especially if it has a few extra codes in it but I just meant, you can get lucky on how sometimes sell stuff off reasonably cheap as they have no use for it and just want it gone.


What sort of functions could the old nanocom do that the Evo can't Shifty? I've the Evo so just curious :)
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+1 I've got the Evo as well :)
 
DaveM-sport said:
Guy that used own my TD5 sold his for 150 euro. Maybe just worth less over here as not a big a market for them.

An used one shouldn't be worth any less than a brand new one especially if it has a few extra codes in it but I just meant, you can get lucky on how sometimes sell stuff off reasonably cheap as they have no use for it and just want it gone.


What sort of functions could the old nanocom do that the Evo can't Shifty? I've the Evo so just curious :)
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As I understand it you need to get different connecting cables (from BBS) depending on what functions you want to access whreas the original Nano uses just the one cable for all things. Also the Nano Evos are VIN specific and you need to purchase a licence per vehicle whereas the original Nano unlock codes let you access any vehicle once installed.

As for individual menu items I have not directly compared the two units but my enquiries to nanocom before BBS bought them out lead me to believe that certain braking system and alarm functionality would be dropped on the EVO models and that extra licence codes and cable adapters would need to be purchased to access said menu items. Also some security specific items would be removed completely.

Of course all this is based upon enquiries several years ago and as I am more than happy with my original Nano I have not investigated any further. The touch screen on the EVOs is certainly easier to use but probably easy to damage as well in my opinion. My Nano has saved me hundreds of pounds in diagnosing and fixing faults that LR said needed unnecessary expensive parts.

Original Nanos do come up occassionally but they are expensive because they are sought after.
 
As per shifty. I'll stick with my Nanocom original over the new fangled Nanocom evo.

Mine too owes me nothing.:cool:
 
ratty said:
As per shifty. I'll stick with my Nanocom original over the new fangled Nanocom evo.

Mine too owes me nothing.:cool:
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Cheers again for the original lend of yours Ratty. That alone saved me having to fork out for a new shuttle valve and modulator that LR said I needed when I got the three amigos. A quick play with the Nanocom sorted the problem and its never come back since. So much for new parts required. LR also charged me £45 for the privilege of giving me duff info. Took me a year to find one for sale on ebay but it was money well spent. It lives in my Defender on instrument mode for most of the time these days.
 
Shifty1962 said:
As I understand it you need to get different connecting cables (from BBS) depending on what functions you want to access whreas the original Nano uses just the one cable for all things. Also the Nano Evos are VIN specific and you need to purchase a licence per vehicle whereas the original Nano unlock codes let you access any vehicle once installed.

As for individual menu items I have not directly compared the two units but my enquiries to nanocom before BBS bought them out lead me to believe that certain braking system and alarm functionality would be dropped on the EVO models and that extra licence codes and cable adapters would need to be purchased to access said menu items. Also some security specific items would be removed completely.

Of course all this is based upon enquiries several years ago and as I am more than happy with my original Nano I have not investigated any further. The touch screen on the EVOs is certainly easier to use but probably easy to damage as well in my opinion. My Nano has saved me hundreds of pounds in diagnosing and fixing faults that LR said needed unnecessary expensive parts.

Original Nanos do come up occassionally but they are expensive because they are sought after.
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Nanocom Evolution is not Vin specific. It is model specific. IE with the P38's you need two licenses. One for your choice of engine ECU (Gems,Thor,EDC) then the second license which covers all the common body electrics. There are 2 leads available. A green one for the P38 and the blue one for the rest of the range. Can't comment on functions between the two as I've never seen an original version but as of yet I've not found a controller the Evo can't talk to on my P38 Thor or Gems cars I've used it on including the cruise control.
 
Shifty1962 said:
Cheers again for the original lend of yours Ratty. That alone saved me having to fork out for a new shuttle valve and modulator that LR said I needed when I got the three amigos. A quick play with the Nanocom sorted the problem and its never come back since. So much for new parts required. LR also charged me £45 for the privilege of giving me duff info. Took me a year to find one for sale on ebay but it was money well spent. It lives in my Defender on instrument mode for most of the time these days.
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No probs. it's always good when you can try before you buy. ;):D
 
Cool. Some good info there. Mine works in different vehicles alright though so not VIN specific.

I wonder does the original one tie maps to VINS however so as to enable you to copy them as apparently that's what somebody said they did with their Defender once. Got a re-mapped ECU but it was faulty so copied the map on it and saved it onto his own ECU
 
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