flusher
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- Jun 4, 2005
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- Tractor
- Getting old. Sold the ranch. Sold the tractors. Moved back to the city.
I've been looking for an F350 DRW or a Ram 3500 DRW (1999-2003) for awhile. Lately I've become intrigued by the neat USB-2 compatible OBD2 scanners like the one from AutoEnginuity. Looks like you can learn a lot about a vehicle with one of these scanners and a laptop (mine is a Compaq with Vista, soon to be upgraded to Windows 7).
I figure that I'll probably need one of these scanners after I purchase my pre-owned truck to handle the simpler DIY servicing.
Meanwhile, a thought occurred to me--maybe I need one of these scanners to use as I shop around.
Question: Has anyone used a setup like this while shopping for a used truck? Any problem from the salesman regarding hooking up a scanner before, during and after a test drive? How about doing diagnostic tests like an injector buzz test as part of the test drive? Any problems here?
Thanks for sharing your experiences.
I figure that I'll probably need one of these scanners after I purchase my pre-owned truck to handle the simpler DIY servicing.
Meanwhile, a thought occurred to me--maybe I need one of these scanners to use as I shop around.
Question: Has anyone used a setup like this while shopping for a used truck? Any problem from the salesman regarding hooking up a scanner before, during and after a test drive? How about doing diagnostic tests like an injector buzz test as part of the test drive? Any problems here?
Thanks for sharing your experiences.