So, the Matco man was very persuasive in his sales pitch today, so i now have a pretty nice OBD II scanner, which can do more than the standard autozone bit. So, anyway, if anyone needs their 96 and up Subie read for codes, i'm your man.

 

I also do brakes and axles

 

 

I work for Beer and cookies.

Wow congrats on the purchase of the scanner, what model is it? Too bad I'm on the other side of the country otherwise I'd be keeping a cabinet full of oreos and beer for my repair emergencies!

 

Does matco have trucks they sell tools out of like snapon? I've never seen one, but actually I've only seen a few tool trucks in my lifetime. I got a 1/4" matco air wratchet off eBay man I love that thing.

I work for Beer and cookies.

What an ugly thought, beer and oreos!

What an ugly thought, beer and oreos!

 

just keep your eyes closed!! it'll be ok!!

Yeah, we have a matco truck that comes every week, he's much more regular than the snapon guy, he shows up maybe once every 2 months, and he wonders why we all buy matco and not snapon.

 

The scanner is a MT9001, havn't needed it at work yet, but i did get it at 4 on friday afternoon.

awesome. what else can you do with these other than read codes? does it datalog real-time? is that hard to decipher? does it come with directions, helpful info on using or are the end users expected to be trained/qualified with them?

Its got some data recording functions, havn't really played with it much, but it does have a computer interface so i'm hopeing i can export stored data from it onto the computer where it will be easier to read. I still need to figure out everything it can do, but so far it seems to be a good mix of not too expensive, but still usefull enough to actually do real diag with, as opposed to just read codes.

I have to do an axle before too long. Know of a good source to buy them in Snohomish County?

Axles from the auto stores are hit or miss, GCK seems to make good ones, and MWE, a small rebuilder in Colorado does good work.