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I have a 99 and a 2000 LX470 and a 2003 GX. I want to get a techstream program so i can check the neutral pressure on my LX470 and also do other functions. does anyone have any advice as to what to buy and what works best?
 
There's a kit on Amazon for around $25 I believe. Comes with a CD and cable. Tech stream runs best on a computer with Windows XP
 
do you have it on a stand alone laptop ? did it come with all of the software you need and did it install easy??
 
You don't need a dedicated machine, just download a free copy of Oracle's virtual box (with extensions) and install XP on it. Just make sure to enable USB on the virtual machine.
 
Here is I bought at:
http://www.uobdii.com/wholesale/mini-vci-for-toyota-tis-techstream-v500028-single-cable-2442.html
TOYOTA TIS Techstream V10.00.028 by Xhorse. I use it on Windows XP. It has a full version of TIS, no license required. I reprogrammed a couple of options - works great.
Easy to install, note: area selection "Europe".
and need to active:
Open IT3System.ini
C:\Program Files\Toyota Diagnostics\Techstream\ Env\IT3System.ini
Change TISFunction=1 to TISFunction=0
Save
All ok

They have Youtube "How to install" video:
 
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I run it on a $100 win8 tablet I bough toff Amazon - works perfectly:

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You don't need a dedicated machine, just download a free copy of Oracle's virtual box (with extensions) and install XP on it. Just make sure to enable USB on the virtual machine.

Oregon...do you know where to get an XP ISO? All I can find around the house is Vista.

Nevermind...it appears to work just fine as long as it is on a 32-bit OS. I've got a Win7 32-bit ISO so this shouldn't be a problem.
 
Dear All, thank you very much for your replies and input. Has been a great help. One more question please- how can I find out if my 4.2 Litre, diesel, Land Cruiser 100 is OBD2 Compliant? Is it mentioned somewhere easy to read? The manuals are all in Japanese (it's a right hand drive from the Japanese market)?
 
I have it running on my 64 bit machine. It's my work laptop. There was some small extra step to get it to work it was super easy.
 
Dear All, thank you very much for your replies and input. Has been a great help. One more question please- how can I find out if my 4.2 Litre, diesel, Land Cruiser 100 is OBD2 Compliant? Is it mentioned somewhere easy to read? The manuals are all in Japanese (it's a right hand drive from the Japanese market)?
It's most likely not OBD2. Never heard of a diesel 100-series with anything else than M-OBD, so you'll need TechStream.
 
sorry to hijack this thread, but is the responsiveness of techstream computer dependant or is the bottleneck the ecu?

Thanks.
 
The drivers for the cheap copy mini VCIs can present challenges. I understand that the drivers supplied with legitimate Mongoose VCIs don't have 64 bit issues.
 
Is everybody using the software that came with the cable? My cable (from Amazon) came a bunch of versions of Techstream on a CD. I have an old 32 but small laptop I can load th software on, I just don't know what version to install.
 

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