I think I mentioned that you can find sellers on eBay that have these in country for much faster delivery, and a slightly higher price.
-D > On Oct 24, 2017, at 3:02 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Poos posted something about this tool, $34 from China on ebay, comes with a > bunch of cable connectors but it might take until the next decade to show up. > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/2017-Bluetooth-TCS-CDP-Pro-Plus-for-autocom-OBD2-Diagnostic-Tool-8PCS-Car-Cables-/302458929502?epid=927794844&hash=item466bf5015e:g:Z-gAAOSw7GRZBvbe&autorefresh=true > > I was reading the BW forum and see this. > http://www.benzworld.org/forums/w210-e-class/2823906-need-clarification-obd2-reader-w210-4.html > > which I guess says you only need an OBD scanner, not a 38-pin thingie which > maybe deals with the other stuff in the car. I have a basic HF OBD dongle > reader that works fine on my trucks etc, would that work (realizing I should > just go try it, but I am having lunch at the dumpooter now so I thought I > would lazily ax)? Is the Benz OBD just throwing codes (and will my dongle > read them?), I could then look them up? > > On Amazon what appears to be the same device, minus all the adapters and > gender menders is $60. > https://www.amazon.com/Fabal-Bluetooth-Truck-Diagnostic-Silver/dp/B07476L15C > > So now I'm also wondering if one of those cheap bluetoof things that talk to > a phone would also work, they are only a few $$ from Banggood or DX, what is > special about this particular device? Plus it looks like whatever S/W it has > only runs on flavors of winders if you want to use USB or even bluetoof I > guess, which is annoying. I think I could use a standard app on either the > ifone or an android, which are readily available for a few $$. > > What should I do (besides going out to try the scanner I have to see if it > can read the codes on the 99 E$500D). > > --FT > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
