Re: [MBZ] ODBII MB Diagnostic Connector

2013-02-24 Thread Tim Crone
. Regards, Tarek -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dan Penoff Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 11:22 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] ODBII MB Diagnostic Connector How did you pull codes? Did you use one

Re: [MBZ] ODBII MB Diagnostic Connector

2013-02-23 Thread WILTON
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Re: [MBZ] ODBII MB Diagnostic Connector

2013-02-22 Thread Dan Penoff
I would like to find one of the scanners that would read my car's DTCs. Looks like there are a number of different ones out there. I like the smaller hand held ones as opposed to the beasts like the SnapOn MT2500, plus you need to purchase all sorts of keys and personality modules for it to

Re: [MBZ] ODBII MB Diagnostic Connector

2013-02-22 Thread Mitch Haley
Dan Penoff wrote: I would like to find one of the scanners that would read my car's DTCs. Does Carsoft work with the OBDI or only OBDII? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] ODBII MB Diagnostic Connector

2013-02-22 Thread Tim Crone
. Regards, Tarek -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dan Penoff Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 11:22 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] ODBII MB Diagnostic Connector How did you pull codes? Did you use one of the LED

Re: [MBZ] ODBII MB Diagnostic Connector

2013-02-22 Thread TE
be happier with the service. Tarek -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Tim Crone Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2013 12:03 PM To: Mercedes List Subject: Re: [MBZ] ODBII MB Diagnostic Connector Who is this indy? Would you trust him

Re: [MBZ] ODBII MB Diagnostic Connector

2013-02-22 Thread Fmiser
TE wrote: Classic Performance Auto All four of the mechanics have a combined 140 years of experience working on German cars. Ah! So one of them has 137 years experience and the other three have one year each! And this makes me wonder - can a mechanic tally book hours to accumulate

Re: [MBZ] ODBII MB Diagnostic Connector

2013-02-21 Thread Dan Penoff
My car was built right at the transition to OBDII, so I need to look under the dash and see if there is a connector. I'll be under it this weekend, so I will try to remember to look then. Dan On Feb 20, 2013, at 9:09 PM, John Reames jwrea...@comcast.net wrote: Actually, just SDS will work,

Re: [MBZ] ODBII MB Diagnostic Connector

2013-02-21 Thread TE
Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] ODBII MB Diagnostic Connector My car was built right at the transition to OBDII, so I need to look under the dash and see if there is a connector. I'll be under it this weekend, so I will try to remember to look then. Dan On Feb 20, 2013, at 9:09 PM, John Reames

Re: [MBZ] ODBII MB Diagnostic Connector

2013-02-21 Thread Dan Penoff
: Thursday, February 21, 2013 8:46 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] ODBII MB Diagnostic Connector My car was built right at the transition to OBDII, so I need to look under the dash and see if there is a connector. I'll be under it this weekend, so I will try to remember

Re: [MBZ] ODBII MB Diagnostic Connector

2013-02-21 Thread TE
Correction, no OBDII port on your C140. :-) -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dan Penoff Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 10:34 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] ODBII MB Diagnostic Connector I would take exception

Re: [MBZ] ODBII MB Diagnostic Connector

2013-02-21 Thread Dan Penoff
. :-) -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dan Penoff Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 10:34 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] ODBII MB Diagnostic Connector I would take exception to that. Any 1996 and later car sold in the US had

Re: [MBZ] ODBII MB Diagnostic Connector

2013-02-21 Thread TE
...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dan Penoff Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 10:58 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] ODBII MB Diagnostic Connector I haven't looked - did you ever look for one? I ask because there were some late 95 models that did get them. I'll poke my head down

Re: [MBZ] ODBII MB Diagnostic Connector

2013-02-21 Thread Dan Penoff
: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dan Penoff Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 10:58 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] ODBII MB Diagnostic Connector I haven't looked - did you ever look for one? I ask because there were some late 95 models that did

Re: [MBZ] ODBII MB Diagnostic Connector

2013-02-21 Thread TE
: Re: [MBZ] ODBII MB Diagnostic Connector How did you pull codes? Did you use one of the LED setups I see people making? Also, does anyone know of a source that lists all of the DST codes? I see bits and pieces around the Web, but there doesn't seem to be a concise list anywhere that I have found

Re: [MBZ] ODBII MB Diagnostic Connector

2013-02-21 Thread John Reames
Yep, that's right, not all the signals are available on the OBDII connector, as not everything is on the CAN bus(ses)... But they are all wired into the 37 pin OBD connector -- John W Reames jream...@verizon.net Home: +14106646986 Mobile: +14437915905 On Feb 20, 2013, at 21:21, Kaleb C.

Re: [MBZ] ODBII MB Diagnostic Connector

2013-02-21 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
questions, feel free to ask; hopefully I can be of some help. -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dan Penoff Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 10:58 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] ODBII MB Diagnostic Connector I

Re: [MBZ] ODBII MB Diagnostic Connector

2013-02-21 Thread TE
LOL yea right. You wish it was in your backyard... -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 8:40 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] ODBII MB Diagnostic Connector It threw

Re: [MBZ] ODBII MB Diagnostic Connector

2013-02-20 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
You have to have the full blown Xentry system to do anything on that car. On 2/15/2013 12:13 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: Just for grins I ordered an adapter that allows the connection of an ODBII reader to the 38 pin diagnostic connector on my S500, which is one year prior to the adoption of

Re: [MBZ] ODBII MB Diagnostic Connector

2013-02-20 Thread John Reames
Actually, just SDS will work, Xentry is kinda overkill. If you buy an eBay multiplexer, buy one with two round connectors on the brick; they may be 3rd shift versions from the same factory that makes/made the original ones. Avoid the ones that have a RS-232 on the MUX directly. You will also

Re: [MBZ] ODBII MB Diagnostic Connector

2013-02-20 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
When I try to hook my sds to the obd it makes me hook it to the round one under the hood instead Sent from my iPhone On Feb 20, 2013, at 8:09 PM, John Reames jwrea...@comcast.net wrote: Actually, just SDS will work, Xentry is kinda overkill. If you buy an eBay multiplexer, buy one with two

[MBZ] ODBII MB Diagnostic Connector

2013-02-15 Thread Dan Penoff
Just for grins I ordered an adapter that allows the connection of an ODBII reader to the 38 pin diagnostic connector on my S500, which is one year prior to the adoption of ODBII. I can't seem to find anything that describes what I should be able to see on the reader when I connect it to the

Re: [MBZ] ODBII MB Diagnostic Connector

2013-02-15 Thread Rich Thomas
Try OBDII Why would you expect to see anything with an OBD reader if the car is not putting out anything an OBD reader could understand? (Not being a smartass, just seems like the basic question) Is there an adapter that might go to USB and something running on a laptop that could

Re: [MBZ] ODBII MB Diagnostic Connector

2013-02-15 Thread Dan Penoff
From what I have been able to discover, there are some signals present at the 38 pin connector that can be read by the ODBII reader, but they are limited. I have seen the LED readers that you can build to read the DTC codes from the connector, but haven't had a chance to try one. There is a