Not sure if this is common knowledge about the TECH 2 or not but I thought I would pass this along. I'm sure many of you already know this but I sure didn't and I wasn't finding the answer very easily. When I bought my clone, I was going through the menus and when I was trying to select the menu for a 2000 corvette, I got to the Product Line menu and was confused as to what to select. Listed down the left column was a single letter for each row. I was thinking that oh well, this is a clone, you get what you pay for.

When I finally did do the correct search, I realized what it meant by "Product Line". It turns out that this is the 4th digit of the VIN. For corvette, select "Y". For my Pontiac Grand Prix, I selected "W". Now I know when people refer to GM F-body or Y-body, I know what they are referring to.

Also, I had my battery disconnected before my smog inspection was due. Knowing that I had to have my readiness tests complete before inspection, I went for a drive. All readiness tests completed fairly quickly except for EVAP. After 150 miles, still not complete. After playing with my TECH 2, I found a menu listing for an EVAP test. In about 5 minutes, the EVAP test passed and the readiness test was complete. Following the instructions, the TECH 2 has you initialize the test with the key on but not running. It then has you start the engine. When I started the engine, my TECH 2 rebooted. It didn't seem to matter.

I bought this TECH 2 mainly for brake bleeding. I intend on flushing my brake fluid soon and upgrading my flex lines to stainless. It would have been difficult to do it 100% without the TECH 2.

 

I also bought mine for the Auto Bleed, but have found many uses on different cars !!!!! Might be the best 300 I have spent

 

Yes, I agree. I see a lot of potential for this tool.

 

Yeah, I guess I should buy one... been meaning to. They do seem to work fine, but as always, caveat emptor with cheap clones.

 

Those of you that have purchased and used a T2 clone, I would be interested to know just which one you purchased and why you selected that clone.

Curious minds want to know ;^)

Jim

 

I bought mine from here and had great service, others had issues ????
https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale...archText=tech2

 

Got mine at the same place, took about 2 weeks to get here. All that stuff is made in china even the stuff Honda used

 

Thanks,

Many different packages shown, which did you select and why?

Jim

 

they seem to change it around, maybe different suppliers ???
I bought one without the box !!!
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/With...1-6ee61975349a

 

Thanks again

What did you use for storing all the parts for the Tech2?

 

They have gone up in price since I bought mine, I also bought the adjustable foam !!!
https://www.amazon.com/DEWALT-DWST17...rds=dewalt+box

https://www.amazon.com/DEWALT-DWST88...N126G8RG51G30M

 

I did the same as above and bought a Dewalt box also.

 

Mine was 335.00 shipped with the case

 

 

Can someone tell me what I need besides the t2 clone and the candi module? Do I need a card, the candi to ibd2 cable, etc? What is required to do everything on a C6? Is there anything else required or optional?

Thanks

 

A quick question with this Tech 2 will I be able to change the mileage on a new to me instrument panel cluster.
Thanks Harold

 

NO!! Even the Dealers have a few legal hoops to jump thru. Otherwise, some of us would have 7,000 mile C5s, which had an actual 107,000 miles!!!

 

Haha. Anyone know what else you need to get all the functionality on a C6? T2, candi module, card,?

 

The full kit that I purchased from ali-express came with the candi module and the card that covered GM models up to 2013. The newest GM vehicle I have used it on is a 2011 malibu.

 

So the tech 2 itself, the card for GM vehicles and the Candi module is all you need for gm vehicles up to 2013?

Can you give me the name of the seller or a link to the place on aliexpress you got yours from?

thanks