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| Lorryman100 Member Since: 01 Oct 2010 Location: Here Posts: 2686  |
Just purchased one of these from the states. It supports OBDII and the Ford protocols so should be OK for the Puma.
http://www.ultra-gauge.com/ultragauge/index.htm Looks to have more options than the scangauge and at £65 delivered (It is on offer just now) it looks a good deal. Fedex is delivering it so I will probably have to pay an additional 20% vat before they will deliver it. Even then £78 is still cheaper than a scangauge 
Brian. |
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16th Feb 2012 5:21pm |
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| The Boy Member Since: 28 Aug 2008 Location: East Northants Posts: 1459  
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Will be interested to read your opinion once you have got it.
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16th Feb 2012 5:25pm |
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| lrmaniac Member Since: 04 Feb 2010 Location: Lisboa Posts: 762  
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It sounds great!
What will I do with my recently purchased SGII ??  Regards
Joao '10 Land Rover Defender 110 CC '08 BMW F800GS '64 SIIA Forward Control '69 SIIA 109 ZA CKD _____________________________________________ You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted, then used against you. |
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16th Feb 2012 5:41pm |
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| LR90XS2011 Member Since: 05 Apr 2011 Location: bickenhill Posts: 3652 
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Lorryman I will be interested to know how good it is as I was just about to take the plunge with the purchase of a scan gauge DEFENDER 90 TDCI XS,
I hope everyone is well and your land rovers make you happy Last edited by LR90XS2011 on 16th Feb 2012 8:15pm. Edited 1 time in total |
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16th Feb 2012 6:36pm |
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| K9F Member Since: 12 Nov 2009 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 9610 
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Keep it, use it, and be thankful you have an excellent tool! 
LR90XS2011.....Scangauge is a very useful tool and there are many posts/threads advocating their performance. I have one and as stated before pound for pound it will be hard to beat. Lorryman may take some time to prove this new one's worth. If you were to buy a Scangauge I am sure you would not be disappointed.
http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic4510.html?highlight=scangauge http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic9642.html?highlight=scangauge If you go through life with your head in the sand....all people will see is an ar5e!! Treat every day as if it is your last....one day you will be right!! |
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16th Feb 2012 7:12pm |
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| d j hutton Member Since: 30 Jul 2009 Location: Dorset Posts: 1044  
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I got one of those recently, FedEx will send you an invoice a week or so later
 thought I had got away with that.
Haven't had time to install in 110 yet apart from checking it worked. 48 gauges IIRC and up to 8 on a screen, seven different screens cycle round or can be selected, so all looking good. Downsides - bright blue colour , but I'll remedy that by printing a coloured vinyl overlay Buttons on back, but with careful mounting it seems that the buttons can be made to work by gently pushing on the front Don't think it will be easy to mount in defender as the scan gauge , it's a different shape Display is a bit 'blocky' but much like the scan gauge from pics I've seen Upsides - Cheaper More screens/gauges at once Really big upside wife's Smart car (got that to justify two defenders  ) packed up in our lane in the snow, lots of dashes on screen, so just for interest before going to garage I plugged in the gauge , identified the fault with help from google, cleared it and it's been fine since! So a big result there. When I phoned the garage I was told it would be £150 to diagnose fault and it would probably be a new ecu at "probably" over a grand!! So money well spent even if I never use it again.
I'd say it's worth a look, preferably by someone who knows about these things 
Ironic that wifey bought it from USA as a surprise (having looked at my posts and history  ) and it was her car that needed getting out of the poo.
Look forward to your review Lorryman
Dj 1989 200tdi 90 csw 2011 110 usw Orkney grey Buy British 🇬🇧 Defender Clothing Designs available at http://www.rangesports.com/acatalog/Defender-Stuff.html |
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16th Feb 2012 7:28pm |
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| d j hutton Member Since: 30 Jul 2009 Location: Dorset Posts: 1044
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Yep it definitely works in a puma, rev counter seemed to be spot on which might indicate other gauges would be.
Works in gallons and metric and can be calibrated for speed, fuel etc so if done properly should give accurate mpg, performance etc. As I said earlier also works with other cars as well, so can be a multipurpose tool, surprised the hell out of me that I was able to sort out the smart no problem. Dj 1989 200tdi 90 csw 2011 110 usw Orkney grey Buy British 🇬🇧 Defender Clothing Designs available at http://www.rangesports.com/acatalog/Defender-Stuff.html |
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16th Feb 2012 9:12pm |
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| Lorryman100 Member Since: 01 Oct 2010 Location: Here Posts: 2686 |
Good to know
Looking forward to getting it now  |
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16th Feb 2012 9:13pm |
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| The Boy Member Since: 28 Aug 2008 Location: East Northants Posts: 1459
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Does it work in UK gallons as well as US gallons?
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16th Feb 2012 9:15pm |
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| Lorryman100 Member Since: 01 Oct 2010 Location: Here Posts: 2686 |
Yes, according to the website it does both metric and yank spec
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16th Feb 2012 9:17pm |
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| d j hutton Member Since: 30 Jul 2009 Location: Dorset Posts: 1044
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That's part of the calibration, you enter the tank size, amount put in to fill up, run it until next fill up, then enter the amount to refill and it works it out from there (thats how I read it) so I guess it could work in any unit you fancy - pints even. The metric bit is that it will report centigrade as well Fahrenheit etc as well as the ability to show kilometres, litres etc which was missing off the earlier version. Also now reports in litres per kilometre (or whatever the Europeans use) as well as mpg, so will work great for us Brits. You have the choice of display, so mpg and centigrade temp, so a mixture of both metric and imperial can be shown.
Seems to be quite flexible now. Probably quite scary when you have the mpg calibrated! Still umming and aahing about wher to mount it. Has a decent windscreen mount included so I'll probably go that way when I get time to play with it. Dj 1989 200tdi 90 csw 2011 110 usw Orkney grey Buy British 🇬🇧 Defender Clothing Designs available at http://www.rangesports.com/acatalog/Defender-Stuff.html |
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16th Feb 2012 11:07pm |
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| Lorryman100 Member Since: 01 Oct 2010 Location: Here Posts: 2686 |
Get it fitted and post up what you think of it please.
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16th Feb 2012 11:14pm |
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| Lorryman100 Member Since: 01 Oct 2010 Location: Here Posts: 2686 |
@ Dj,
do you know if it just reports on generic DTC's ie: P0---, or does it also include manufacturer specific DTC's ie: P1---.P2--- etc? Brian. |
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16th Feb 2012 11:26pm |
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| bpman Member Since: 21 May 2008 Location: Oslo Posts: 8069 
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great find Brian, we'd be interested to see one of your ace write-ups
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17th Feb 2012 8:56am |
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