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Scanner for Light Duty and Heavy Duty Diesels
2 years 8 months ago #51402
by Zewnten
Scanner for Light Duty and Heavy Duty Diesels was created by Zewnten
I tried searching the forum and through google but other than Snap On's offering, I can't get any solid information on a scanner that will cover both light duty, ('06-'21 Ford F350 and Chevy 3500's), and heavy duty, ('05 Kenworth T800 and '19 Chevy 5500). I don't need it do tons of things. Mostly read codes and then the shop can decide what to do in house and what to send out. I'd also like to program TPMS, which seems easy to get with the light duty truck capable scanners. Do I need to get 2 scanners, if so what to get for the heavy duty side?
PS: if there are threads on this already I apologize but nothing turned up when I searched.
PS: if there are threads on this already I apologize but nothing turned up when I searched.
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2 years 8 months ago #51405
by katblackdiesel
Replied by katblackdiesel on topic Scanner for Light Duty and Heavy Duty Diesels
The best solution I personally know of might not be practical for you. Majority of diesel shops I've worked for have a laptop with the different diagnostic programs installed. NexiQ (diagnostic program differed depending on what the shop's major workload was, Cummins worked best IMO) for the heavy diesels and their 9 pins, and we used IDS to scan all the OBDII light diesels since our major workload was Fords, but ford software WILL scan the other makes as well.
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2 years 7 months ago #51611
by gav09
Replied by gav09 on topic Scanner for Light Duty and Heavy Duty Diesels
look into the autel 908cv. Works pretty well on multiple truck engines, chassis, and body for basic diagnostics and bidirectional controls. There are no guided diagnostics that are included in some of the factory tools. It also has some light duty capability.
You are going to need to buy a separate TPMS tool or buy another tool that would do light duty and tpms such as the ms906ts.
You are going to need to buy a separate TPMS tool or buy another tool that would do light duty and tpms such as the ms906ts.
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2 years 7 months ago #51861
by Zephyr
Replied by Zephyr on topic Scanner for Light Duty and Heavy Duty Diesels
For the Fords, if on a budget you can do an OBDLink MX+ with ForScan. Not sure about the Chevys as we don't have any in our fleet. As for the HD side of things for solely pulling codes Nexas NL102 Plus though the buttons kind of suck. There is also the Cando HDCODE 2 which I use if I don't want to pull out the laptop and interface. However both of which are slower than molasses so at the end of the day I find I use JPro more as it logs each session if I need to refer back to a previous work order to see what was up the last time it was in my bay.
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4 months 2 weeks ago #63991
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Replied by buyingacc012.c on topic Scanner for Light Duty and Heavy Duty Diesels
Tried the Autel like you said but ended up returning it. Had this for 2 months so far so good.
www.dieselscanners.com/products/diesel-d...r-tuner-truck-repair
But it won’t connect to my case equipment. Anything for case?
But it won’t connect to my case equipment. Anything for case?
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2 months 1 week ago #64791
by Itsacummins
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Weird question but is this not the same?
www.repairyourdiesel.com/collections/die...r-tuner-truck-repair
Doing research and want to make sure I get what I pay for
www.repairyourdiesel.com/collections/die...r-tuner-truck-repair
Doing research and want to make sure I get what I pay for
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2 weeks 3 days ago #65535
by browzkiy
Replied by browzkiy on topic Scanner for Light Duty and Heavy Duty Diesels
you said didnt like Autel 908cv ended up returning.
MAY I ASK WHY? -because im about to buy Autel 908CV
could you please tell from your professional view side. thanx
MAY I ASK WHY? -because im about to buy Autel 908CV
could you please tell from your professional view side. thanx
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2 weeks 3 days ago #65536
by browzkiy
Replied by browzkiy on topic Scanner for Light Duty and Heavy Duty Diesels
you said didnt like Autel 908cv ended up returning.
MAY I ASK WHY? -because im about to buy Autel 908CV
could you please tell from your professional view side. thanx
MAY I ASK WHY? -because im about to buy Autel 908CV
could you please tell from your professional view side. thanx
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