is it worth buying a nano com?

mikerajjers · May 22, 2014

Hi,

I've bought a Disco 2, is it worth buying myself a nano com? I'd like to do various repairs myself and learn. I found I can also calibrate air springs with this?

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fanatic · May 22, 2014

All depends on how often and how diy commited you are

biggeeeee · May 22, 2014

It sure is, following on form your earlier thread, you can see the readings from the sensors.
If you decide to work on the system, remember to disconnect the battery first.

mikerajjers · May 22, 2014

Fanatic... I'm fairly committed, but in truth don't have much car repair experience. I figure that considering a dealer visit is pricey, I may as well.

Biggeeee.... do you mean to disconnect battery when working on suspension? Or do you mean when working with nano com?

fanatic · May 22, 2014

mikerajjers said:
Fanatic... I'm fairly committed, but in truth don't have much car repair experience. I figure that considering a dealer visit is pricey, I may as well.

Biggeeee.... do you mean to disconnect battery when working on suspension? Or do you mean when working with nano com?

Seems a tool to buy then

biggeeeee · May 22, 2014

mikerajjers said:
disconnect battery when working on suspension

iansoady · May 23, 2014

If you have one, you can (often) avoid the common mistake of changing multiple components in a process of elimination to find faults. And regular use of the logging facility helps you keep an eye on things before they go wrong.

listerdiesel · May 23, 2014

We have three Landies in the family, two D2's and a 110 CSW.

We looked at Nanocom and Hawkeye, bought Hawkeye and has saved its cost a few times over in a year.

Peter

sierrafery · May 23, 2014

listerdiesel said:
We have three Landies in the family, two D2's and a 110 CSW.

We looked at Nanocom and Hawkeye, bought Hawkeye and has saved its cost a few times over in a year.

Peter

by the way did you upgrade it to v.6? it will calibrate height for D2 with it

listerdiesel · May 23, 2014

sierrafery said:
by the way did you upgrade it to v.6? it will calibrate height for D2 with it

Not yet, and as Philip has gone to coils and mine is already on coils, I probably won't upgrade for now.

Thanks for the tip, appreciate it.

Peter

berg450 · May 23, 2014

I also plan to buy something to be able to perform some basic checks by myself. Which is more recommended for a 2002 D2 td5, a Nanocom or a Hawkeye (or maybe a simple OBD reader)?
Thanks

dandan1 · May 23, 2014

I recently got a nanocom for my 2000 td5 disco, its saved me alot of time and money already as was able 2 diagnose faults without replacing parts I didnt need 2. The best thing with nanocom is u can record live data on a sd card and transfer 2 laptop.

sierrafery · May 23, 2014

D2 is not OBDII compliant, so go for nanocom or hawkeye, your choice...nanocom can do some more things and record data but might have small "glitches" wityh BCU or SLABS, not 100% reliable(i'd say 90%), hawkeye is on testbook T4 protocol, 100% reliable and imo easyer to use but can't record data...i have them both and use hawkeye for diagnostic and nanocom for live data or key programming if needed.

is it worth buying a nano com?

mikerajjers

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fanatic

RESPECT IS EARNED, BEATINGS ARE FREE ;-)

biggeeeee

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RESPECT IS EARNED, BEATINGS ARE FREE ;-)

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