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I don't know if its a really crappy one , or one that doesn't work for our car, but this weekend they are selling one for $99!!! $80 OFF!!  I'm not in a rush to get one, but this price is the best I've seen for one.  cheers Martin
98 Contour V6 MTX
CTA Exhaust/CTA Intake/MSDS Y-pipe/Bat Handling Kit/Predator Alarm/Spec1 Clutch Kit/SVT Flywheel/G Assurances
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The one I got from CT seems to be pretty good. Does the trick, but cost me $250 at the time. I use it all the time, and luckily there's never a code 
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Build Number 5320 of 6535
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That's way too much for a scanner. I bought an OBDII scanner on ebay for $40. It works like a charm on ALL OBDII vehicles. Harborfreight.com had them on sale for around $50us a few weeks ago too.
There will ONLY be a code if the Check Engine light is lit. If the light is off, scanning it is pretty much useless.
'98 Contour 2.5L, 5-Speed, 100% stock
'85 Porsche 928 5-speed,
Supercharged & Intercooled
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Oops ... meant bad code. Just O2's so far.
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Originally posted by Christian:
The one I got from CT seems to be pretty good. Does the trick, but cost me $250 at the time.
I use it all the time, and luckily there's never a code
I believe it's this one?
I have one too. Sad to think the cost of one now ($149.99 on sale this week) easily equates to an hour-ish of labour at a dealership.  Ah well.
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Originally posted by Imo000:
That's way too much for a scanner. I bought an OBDII scanner on ebay for $40. It works like a charm on ALL OBDII vehicles. Harborfreight.com had them on sale for around $50us a few weeks ago too.
There will ONLY be a code if the Check Engine light is lit. If the light is off, scanning it is pretty much useless.
The plus side of the scanners from Canadian Tire is that they do more than read codes.
99 CSVT Green/Tan
# 84 of 2760
Built on Wednesday, September 30, 1998
15.376 @ 92.00 MPH Stock
75,000Km
96 Contour GL
2.5L V6 ATX 170,000Km
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Originally posted by Christian:
Oops ... meant bad code. Just O2's so far.
Aww crap ... I jinxed it ... just got Cat Bank 2 defficiency a few minutes ago 
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Just nabbed the reader today. Given that it works on my whole family's cars, and anything I might buy to replace the SVT in the next couple of years, I figured it was a good investment.
98 Silver Frost SVT
97 BMW 540I Sport, six speed
"Blue is for sky, black is for soil, and white is for simplicity, purity and hope for the future"
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I just picked this up as well. tried it on my truck... everything was OK.
Where do you hook this up on the Contours??? Is it directly into the computer located behind the glovebox where you get the ECU code from?
My car is stored so I did not have a chance to get in there and chack this out. Do you need to undo that one bolt / screw that holds the ECU in place before hooking up the scanner? I seem to remember that there was some sort of screw or something that you needed to undo in order to read what your ECU code was.
Thx
Damn I miss driving the SVT!!!!
Fern
1999 SVT Contour Silver Frost
Bassani,Ground Controls Street..17x7 Rage 5.0/Falken Azenis Sport 225/45/ZR17 Track...Kosei K-1 17x7.5 Avon Tech Ra 225/45/17/ Quaife/ SPEC Stage III/ Fidanza /Capaldi Racing 4.5 final drive/TCE Brake Kit 13"
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Fern it gets plugged in right under the driver side dash. Oh Brad and I are starting on my SVT on the 19th (tomorrow).
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AKA NVS SVT
98.5 Silver/Blue SVT#4553
Yeah it's modded
98 T-Red/Blue SVT Contour Totaled 06/05/06
03 3L,VCN 2000,CAT Cams,MSDS Headers w/Y-Pipe,XCal2 and lots more
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