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Title: Tech 2
Post by: btc on 07 March 2013, 22:11:39
Don't know if this is any interest to anyone tecc 2 for sale on vvoc
http://www.vvoc.com/forum/showthread.php?t=442084
Title: Re: Tech 2
Post by: Vamps on 07 March 2013, 22:13:04
Link needs log in........
Title: Re: Tech 2
Post by: Lazydocker on 07 March 2013, 22:13:45
Link needs log in........

Linky no worky for me either ::)
Title: Re: Tech 2
Post by: btc on 07 March 2013, 22:16:49
Sorry didn't relise appears to have been sold for £200 is that cheap

Title: Re: Tech 2
Post by: Lazydocker on 07 March 2013, 22:19:07
Sorry didn't relise appears to have been sold for £200 is that cheap

If it's a genuine Tech2 that's exceptionally cheap :o :o :o :o At that price I'd have a couple :y :y

Unless, of course, it's knackered or missing all the parts ;D ;D
Title: Re: Tech 2
Post by: btc on 07 March 2013, 22:22:48
I know naff all about them thats why i stuck it up the add did say it was geniune and also had a saab disc with it
Title: Re: Tech 2
Post by: doz on 07 March 2013, 22:23:10
Been thinking about biting the bullet and getting one myself. However all the ones I've looked at are 4 figures!!!
Title: Re: Tech 2
Post by: Andy B on 07 March 2013, 22:31:37
I wonder if this could be frigged to GM Vauxhall rather than GM Holden  :-\ http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GM-Tech2-GM-Diagnostic-Scanner-GM-SAAB-OPEL-SUZUKI-ISUZU-HOLDEN-/230940360127?pt=UK_Diagnostic_Tools_Equipment&hash=item35c51e3dbf
Title: Re: Tech 2
Post by: btc on 07 March 2013, 23:00:10
I wonder if this could be frigged to GM Vauxhall rather than GM Holden  :-\ http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GM-Tech2-GM-Diagnostic-Scanner-GM-SAAB-OPEL-SUZUKI-ISUZU-HOLDEN-/230940360127?pt=UK_Diagnostic_Tools_Equipment&hash=item35c51e3dbf
That is exactly the same as the unit that was on vvoc
Title: Re: Tech 2
Post by: Andy B on 07 March 2013, 23:03:05
I wonder if this could be frigged to GM Vauxhall rather than GM Holden  :-\ http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GM-Tech2-GM-Diagnostic-Scanner-GM-SAAB-OPEL-SUZUKI-ISUZU-HOLDEN-/230940360127?pt=UK_Diagnostic_Tools_Equipment&hash=item35c51e3dbf
That is exactly the same as the unit that was on vvoc

Perhaps TheBoy could enlighten us ....... but there won't be an option on Vauxhall cars if it's configured for cars form the other side  of the world
Title: Re: Tech 2
Post by: Kevin Wood on 07 March 2013, 23:18:48
I wonder if this could be frigged to GM Vauxhall rather than GM Holden  :-\ http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GM-Tech2-GM-Diagnostic-Scanner-GM-SAAB-OPEL-SUZUKI-ISUZU-HOLDEN-/230940360127?pt=UK_Diagnostic_Tools_Equipment&hash=item35c51e3dbf
That is exactly the same as the unit that was on vvoc

Perhaps TheBoy could enlighten us ....... but there won't be an option on Vauxhall cars if it's configured for cars form the other side  of the world

Not a problem. If it doesn't work it's a good excuse to get a Holden. :D
Title: Re: Tech 2
Post by: btc on 07 March 2013, 23:19:26
See if this works pivture of the said unit
(http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k470/231197/20130307_200824_zps1d51d004.jpg)
Title: Re: Tech 2
Post by: Vamps on 07 March 2013, 23:31:48
Please check your links work before final posting........ :)
Title: Re: Tech 2
Post by: TheBoy on 08 March 2013, 12:07:41
I would pay £200 for that :)
Title: Re: Tech 2
Post by: humbucker on 08 March 2013, 13:52:50
£200 is less than you would expect to pay for tech1 let alone tech2.
Title: Re: Tech 2
Post by: TheBoy on 08 March 2013, 13:59:59
£200 is less than you would expect to pay for tech1 let alone tech2.
Oh, I dunno now. I wouldn't pay £200 for a Tech1 now. Not even a Tech1a.
Title: Re: Tech 2
Post by: humbucker on 08 March 2013, 14:29:36
Depends on what came with the Tech1/a and if you had cars to use it on. If it was loaded with cartridges and had that all important writable master cartridge and a nifty carry case or two hehe (Omega B cartridge is useful too!)

Then again I just bought another one and got lucky with both of mine, paid well under the odds, but I've got two Cavalier Turbos as well as the N/A one to think of so they are a valuable tool in my garage ;)
Title: Re: Tech 2
Post by: TheBoy on 08 March 2013, 14:35:15
Depends on what came with the Tech1/a and if you had cars to use it on. If it was loaded with cartridges and had that all important writable master cartridge and a nifty carry case or two hehe (Omega B cartridge is useful too!)

Then again I just bought another one and got lucky with both of mine, paid well under the odds, but I've got two Cavalier Turbos as well as the N/A one to think of so they are a valuable tool in my garage ;)
Thats the key.

Whatever car I had, I'd happily pay a couple of hundred for dealer level diags :y

Whilst the Tech1 may be a bit old and limited, its your only option on older Vauxhalls - including some of the earliest Omegas (early TDs and early 2.0l).
Title: Re: Tech 2
Post by: humbucker on 08 March 2013, 15:25:18
Yes, you've hit the nail on the head. If you have cars that require the tooling then it is going to have more value to you than someone who just wants to boost their collection of expensive garage ornaments. We are quite fortunate insofar as many of our cars will respond to fault code reading via paperclip/pedal methods (of course, the Tech-x units are infinitely more than code readers) but I realised when my Z22SE Astra needed a new MAP sensor how befuddled you can get without being able to access diagnostics. In fact, without Tech2 there is no way to read codes on a Z22SE at all.