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Old May 3, 2020 | 02:34 PM
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Does anyone have one of these for use with the 85 corvette. I see it needs cartridges and I cannot find the ones I need. Any ideas would be great.
I want to see the actual readings, I do not want to do the laptop and cable thing.

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Old May 7, 2020 | 07:29 PM
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I have one and use it on my 84 & 85. Check eBay
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The laptop and cable thing works pretty good. Just saying
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The cartridges are fairly easy to find online. I bought one that does up to 2009 GM vehicles. I have a 1988 C4 which is my prime reason for getting the MT 2500. Mine came with a ton of Asian car cartridges and a few Domestic ones.

There is a cartridge made to troubleshoot the Bosch ABS systems used by GM in the late 1980's. That is the one I want to get.
Bought mine from a friendly Fellow Corvette Forum member so I knew it would work with the C4's.
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Old May 9, 2020 | 04:03 PM
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There maybe better options? Otherwise find one with the modules you need as they can be hard to find and pricy!

Another member purchased an Innova device that does OBD1 recently.
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While in orielys today I priced the tester there. $299, they offer a veteran discount, but not sure if it would apply to the tester.
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Old May 9, 2020 | 09:39 PM
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Can be found under $150

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Originally Posted by ctmccloskey
The cartridges are fairly easy to find online. I bought one that does up to 2009 GM vehicles. I have a 1988 C4 which is my prime reason for getting the MT 2500. Mine came with a ton of Asian car cartridges and a few Domestic ones.

There is a cartridge made to troubleshoot the Bosch ABS systems used by GM in the late 1980's. That is the one I want to get.
Bought mine from a friendly Fellow Corvette Forum member so I knew it would work with the C4's.
I don't believe the ABS cart will work with the early C4s. You still need the Kent-Moore tester
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Originally Posted by xrav22
Does anyone have one of these for use with the 85 corvette. I see it needs cartridges and I cannot find the ones I need. Any ideas would be great.
I want to see the actual readings, I do not want to do the laptop and cable thing.
Love my 2 mt2500 snapons.. could not fix my 93 vette or 94 chevy truck without..
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Tried one on a 1986 and better success with a snap on Solaris with OBD1 cable
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Little pricey for me
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