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I having troubles diagnosing a CEL. For some reason I can't get the scanner to work right. 
95 Contour Gl - the work beater - bought 6/15/03
88 S-10 Blazer - back up beater - owned since 89
97 Cobra Vert - my weekend toy - bought 12/01
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I've had no prob with my Ford Scanner software. You're more than welcome to come over and try it out. I dunno how far you are from Laurel, MD though.
Robert Knauber - rknauber@yahoo.com
Cars:
1998 Ford Contour SVT (The Silver Sleeper)
1989 Volvo 240GL (Fully Loaded Silver Brick)
1989 Honda CRX Si (Canary Yellow Beater)
1988 Honda Hurricane 1000 (Resident Crotch Rocket)
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Originally posted by Knauberized:
I've had no prob with my Ford Scanner software. You're more than welcome to come over and try it out. I dunno how far you are from Laurel, MD though.
That would be awesome, but I don't think it will work with my year. I keep mine in the glove box just in case. I work at Ft. Meade so Laurel is close by. Let me know when your available
Eric
95 Contour Gl - the work beater - bought 6/15/03
88 S-10 Blazer - back up beater - owned since 89
97 Cobra Vert - my weekend toy - bought 12/01
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Originally posted by Cobra97Vert:
Originally posted by Knauberized:
I've had no prob with my Ford Scanner software. You're more than welcome to come over and try it out. I dunno how far you are from Laurel, MD though.
That would be awesome, but I don't think it will work with my year. I keep mine in the glove box just in case. I work at Ft. Meade so Laurel is close by. Let me know when your available
Eric
Your car is OBD-I, Bobby's is OBD-II. Not sure if the scanners are compatable.
--Matt
2003 Sonic Blue SVT Cobra Coupe
2003 RedFire SVT Cobra Convertable
2005 Dark Toreador Red F150 XLT 4x4
2000 Black SVT Contour - Beater
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They're not, as far as I know. An OBD-1 scanner, at least all I've seen and the one I have, is basically a flashing light and a beep. What kind of problem are you having with reading the code?
"Think of it, if you like, as a librarian with a G-string under the tweed." Clarkson on the Mondeo.
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I can scan it for you but you'll have to wait for the next shop meet!
-Andy
Andy W.
The problem with America is stupidity.
I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment
for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety
labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?
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Dang ODB 1 is easy. Do you have a haynes manual? You jumper 2 pins together under the hood and you use the check engine lite to figure out what codes you have. I did that all the time on my old 1995 SE. It's easy and I'd still be willing to help. Email me at rknauber@yahoo.com. I check my email more than I do the forum.
Robert Knauber - rknauber@yahoo.com
Cars:
1998 Ford Contour SVT (The Silver Sleeper)
1989 Volvo 240GL (Fully Loaded Silver Brick)
1989 Honda CRX Si (Canary Yellow Beater)
1988 Honda Hurricane 1000 (Resident Crotch Rocket)
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Originally posted by Knauberized:
Dang ODB 1 is easy. Do you have a haynes manual? You jumper 2 pins together under the hood and you use the check engine lite to figure out what codes you have. I did that all the time on my old 1995 SE. It's easy and I'd still be willing to help. Email me at rknauber@yahoo.com. I check my email more than I do the forum.
Yeah I did it that way. It's really easy, quick and cheap. There is an FAQ on this site http://dalidesign.com/hbook/eectest.html and it tells you exactly how to do it. I used this one. The codes are also listed there in case you dont have them.
I dont believe that the repair shops check the codes, so this is a good thing to have on hand.
-Rob
White 95 GL ATX
56K Miles on it.
Optilux By Hella Fog lights (The Angel Eyes)
Driven hard, Just like I like it!
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