Diagnostics Tools

[shlby123]

Does anybody know what the cheapest brand of Diagnostic Tools are for the FOX BODY mustangs? I need one that can do general codes and such, since I have a check engine light on that I have to get decoded but autozone and oreillys doesnt carry the equip to for a car that old.

 

[mustangillusion]

well with good technical knowledge there isnt much you cant do with a test light and a quality multimeter.

 

[bubba-dough]

With pre OBDII cars a multi-meter, test-light, jumper wire or all 3 depending on the make and model of ther car is all you need.

 

[rd]

The EEC4 Foxbody Mustangs can have the codes read by flashing the cel, after jumping across the diagnostic connector terminals. Search around here for details.

I have an Actron CP9145 Super Scanner, that does both earlier cars and current obd2 stuff. The obd2 stuff is easy, because a $39 Harbor Freight Creader will pull any of those codes.

The Actron stuff seems to work great, and they have good phone support, etc.

 

[jrichker]

BadAndy ask the same question several days ago . See http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=648102 for more help.

 

[vristang]

Check out this recent thread for some scanners/readers

http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=648102

The post by jrichker highlights the most basic reader.

The ones I referenced are most likely overkill

jason