jeff kushner
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I have had numerous instances where I need to get out from a running vehicle...just yesterday I got home from work and the trashmen left my cans in the very center of my driveway. I pull to the side, open the door and jump out, cringing because of the impending horn honk that always happens just as I'm clearing the front of the truck. The odd thing is that often, we'll find ways to avoid doing whatever so we don't have to either dig into our pockets for the key or hear the horn blare in our ear.
I wonder if Ford intentionally doesn't train the tech in this software for a reason.....so it's not part of their repertoire of knowledge.
I'm sure that some of you guys know what you are doing and some have a little bit of knowledge which from my own experience, can be REALLY dangerous...so do as Loki suggests no matter how tempted you may be to make multiple changes, do 1 at a time because you may find like we have on the IMU's of bikes.....they didn't enable a certain feature because it conflicts with another feature maybe not found on that other model. Or worse, it only causes a conflict under a certain set of parameters....
Now, all that said.....I bought one of these a while back for $2.99 and I use it to clear codes whenever and I don't need to carry my orange scan tool around with me. It works perfectly and for 3 lousy bucks, it's fantastic BUT I ONLY USE IT TO SCAN & CLEAR and would never attempt to alter any settings using this CCJ (cheap chinese junk). It's great for what it is though and it connects to my phone via BT running free software.
Loki,
There appears to be two types of the device you use(426801 &426101). I think that you have the 6101. It looks like the only difference is the wi-fi vs BT. Is that the only difference and which would be best for someone with a strong wi-fi router at home but with no laptop to take to the truck?
Thanks in advance...
jeff
I wonder if Ford intentionally doesn't train the tech in this software for a reason.....so it's not part of their repertoire of knowledge.
I'm sure that some of you guys know what you are doing and some have a little bit of knowledge which from my own experience, can be REALLY dangerous...so do as Loki suggests no matter how tempted you may be to make multiple changes, do 1 at a time because you may find like we have on the IMU's of bikes.....they didn't enable a certain feature because it conflicts with another feature maybe not found on that other model. Or worse, it only causes a conflict under a certain set of parameters....
Now, all that said.....I bought one of these a while back for $2.99 and I use it to clear codes whenever and I don't need to carry my orange scan tool around with me. It works perfectly and for 3 lousy bucks, it's fantastic BUT I ONLY USE IT TO SCAN & CLEAR and would never attempt to alter any settings using this CCJ (cheap chinese junk). It's great for what it is though and it connects to my phone via BT running free software.
Loki,
There appears to be two types of the device you use(426801 &426101). I think that you have the 6101. It looks like the only difference is the wi-fi vs BT. Is that the only difference and which would be best for someone with a strong wi-fi router at home but with no laptop to take to the truck?
Thanks in advance...
jeff
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