Nanocoms are great

[johny]

Late last year my Series 3 stage 1 Isuzu was stolen. After 20 years of NO electronics in a Landrover except the radio, things have moved on a bit. To replace it (sortof) I bought a very straight no rust TD5 defender wagon. I figured that the only way of owning such complicated unit was to be able to at least get some info from the ECU. I bought a Nanocom, and its paid for itself already.
Found the MAF sensor was faulty replaced truck runs way better. The Nanocom has a temperature alarm, recently it went off at 96c, found that the thermostat was intermittent, the bottom hose was always cool. The main temperature gauge never moved so having the temp alarm function saved a major meltdown this coming summer. Replaced all hoses coolant and viscous fan. It now runs mostly at 87c with a spike to 91 on a long hard uphill. Still have an issue with the ABS, Nanocom is telling me that the shuttle valve is failing. Looks like thats the next job.
Thanks for running a great service Johny PS still looking for my stage one, it has to come out of hiding soon!!

[Zeros]

A few nano questions: Do you keep your nanocom plugged in all the time? Have you mounted it on the dash? Is the temp alarm automatic or do you need to set it?

[AllTerr]

You can set the temp on the alarm. It's best to eyeball the screen every few minutes if you're worried due to the alarm sound being barely audible over sound of motor, tires, and stereo...

[gavinwibrow]

Late last year my Series 3 stage 1 Isuzu was stolen. After 20 years of NO electronics in a Landrover except the radio, things have moved on a bit. To replace it (sortof) I bought a very straight no rust TD5 defender wagon. I figured that the only way of owning such complicated unit was to be able to at least get some info from the ECU. I bought a Nanocom, and its paid for itself already.
Found the MAF sensor was faulty replaced truck runs way better. The Nanocom has a temperature alarm, recently it went off at 96c, found that the thermostat was intermittent, the bottom hose was always cool. The main temperature gauge never moved so having the temp alarm function saved a major meltdown this coming summer. Replaced all hoses coolant and viscous fan. It now runs mostly at 87c with a spike to 91 on a long hard uphill. Still have an issue with the ABS, Nanocom is telling me that the shuttle valve is failing. Looks like thats the next job.
Thanks for running a great service Johny PS still looking for my stage one, it has to come out of hiding soon!!

I have it on very good info, that the TD5 is designed to run up to 120 degrees.
I have mine set at 105 to allow for heavy towing but also the occasional spike. Every time the alarm goes off and I touch the reset button below, its well back below 100.

[johny]

Thanks for the info, I too have heard that td5 will run at that temp, however since renewing thermostat my temp i s much more stable and I have full radiator circulation now ( when required)
Cheers Johny

[johny]

A few nano questions: Do you keep your nanocom plugged in all the time? Have you mounted it on the dash? Is the temp alarm automatic or do you need to set it?
Only plug in now and then, ( on a long run in instrument mode) mounted low in front of fuse box, on a swivel mount,you can set temp alarm on or off and adjust temp for alarm
Cheers johny

[AllTerr]

Only plug in now and then, ( on a long run in instrument mode) mounted low in front of fuse box, on a swivel mount,you can set temp alarm on or off and adjust temp for alarm
Cheers johny
Have a pic? What mount did you use?

Cheers

[timax]

I glued a ram mount ball to the outside of the lid. Mounted all the time next to the cig socket.
I really need to read up on what all the normal readings should be for a TD5 so i can tell at a glance everything is fine. Did help me trace an ABS fault to a sensor that had backed out of a rear hub by about 5mm. Pushed back in and all is fine so happy with that. Nice to see exactly what the coolant temp is also. Wish it had oil pressure. Also wish the boost pressure was is psi. No one refers to turbo boost in Bar that i know of.

[gofish]

ABS sounds like an option B job. Like many, had the same problem on my D2.

[ATH]

I bought a Nanocom for the Puma but have never had to use it. I did play with it a bit when I first bought the vehicle but have since forgotten how to operate it. :-(( But now I'm selling the Puma and have a D4 I'll see if I can upgrade it just in case.
But if the "D' turns out to be as reliable as the Puma it won't ever get used. :-))
AlanH.

[johny]

Hi , I found a "selfie stick" in a skip, like you do when you own landrover things. I thought it might be useful one day. When I checked the price of commercial mounts and needed air, remembered the head on the mount being spring loaded and made for big phones would hold the nanocom really easy and would be easy to remove. Chopped a bit of scrap alloy angle a poprivet (traditional LR)[and screwed it down. Not particularly fancy, very cheap. Sure there must be hundreds of unused selfie sticks around. . Sorry for slow response. Cheers Johny
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