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johnnyd

Member Since: 13 Apr 2013
Location: Chippenham
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Electrics and diagnostics 1998 TD5

Hi All

Just a few questions about electrics etc, the connector under the middle front seat, is that to connect diagnostics too?

Also i fitted a raptor-engineering housing yesterday and found a clear connector in the center dash with 3 or 4 wires going to it not connected to anything, its not the cigarette lighter or window washer as i have those still, anyone any ideas?

Also if i want some monitoring in the truck, do i look at something like a madman ems2 or does a nanocom do the same and more ?

Thanks

JD

PS this is in the Defender TD5 1998 2008 TDCi 2.4 XS CSW

13th May 2013 10:47am

LandRoverAnorak

Member Since: 17 Jul 2011
Location: Surrey
Posts: 11325

Re: Electrics and diagnostics 1998 TD5

johnnyd wrote:
Hi All

Just a few questions about electrics etc, the connector under the middle front seat, is that to connect diagnostics too?

Yes, it's the OBD socket.

johnnyd wrote:
Also i fitted a raptor-engineering housing yesterday and found a clear connector in the center dash with 3 or 4 wires going to it not connected to anything, its not the cigarette lighter or window washer as i have those still, anyone any ideas?

Not sure. Could be the loom for a heated windscreen. What colours are the wires?

johnnyd wrote:
Also if i want some monitoring in the truck, do i look at something like a madman ems2 or does a nanocom do the same and more ?

Not familiar with the Madman, but I've got one of the older Nanocoms and it tells you all you could reasonably need to know about the TD5. Darren

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13th May 2013 11:06am

davew

Member Since: 02 Jan 2012
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 888

1990 Defender 90 V8 Petrol PU Auto Rioja Red

Re Madman vs Nanocom etc...

The madman is a monitoring system, the Nanocom is a diagnostics system. You would't normally leave a Nanocom plugged in all the time and it won't warn you when something goes out of it's normal operating range. You can use a Nanocom to get more detailed information about the ECUs and change their settings.

The Madman is permanently connected and you can set low and high alarm levels for everything it's monitoring so it can draw your attention to a problem as soon as it happens. You can't change ECU settings or interrogate the ECU with a Madman.

Ideally you'd have both but the madman is the only one of the two that could be described as a monitoring system. http://www.yorkshireoffroadclub.net/

13th May 2013 5:58pm

diesel_jim

Member Since: 13 Oct 2008
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Nanocom you can run in "instrument mode" which shows you batt voltage, water temp, RPM and boost pressure, but doesn't trigger any alarms if they go out of limits.

13th May 2013 6:37pm

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