Hell could even offer my diagnostic and key transponder programming service to other Toyota owners I know for a few bucks and make up the cost of the laptop and cable pretty quickly I am sure. Was looking at getting a used Lenovo Thinkpad T420 off ebay for less than $100 to run it on when needed. Still need to take it out and have it do a full diagnostics run to see what all is actually going on, but initial seems perfectly fine.Īnd awesome on the Winbook. I do have a slight rough idle at times that I was curious about and did note that I had a misfire noted on cylinder #5 for a short period.

Mind you I didn't play with it much other than doing the keys tonight as the laptop was dying quickly (wasn't charged apparently). 017 MINI VCI J2534 V14 Interface for Toyota TIS Techstream obd mini vci. Was a bit bummed that I didn't see anything at all under the customization settings. Professional Key Programming Equipped with XP400 and J2534 Smart Mode for Guided. Once I figured out the process of key in, key out, process, new key, hit next within X seconds dance I got them all programmed pretty quickly. So I went through and deleted all the keys then added mine back in. ova file downloaded than it did to get anything done.įound out that my '98 has a maximum of 8 transponder key slots, regardless of Master of Valet designation. Well borrowed a buddies extra laptop (he's one of our agency programmers) and was able to get Vbox and Techstream installed.įunny thing is it actually took longer to get the stupid.

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