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Feb 5, 2004 | 09:04 AM

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FTE Ken

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They aren't $369 anymore. It was a limited time sale, Diablo raised the price to all the dealers.

Feb 5, 2004 | 12:09 PM

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Silverrv

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Boy you missed out on that deal...

The are well worth the full price but at the sale price it was great.

For the money they still do more than any of the others.

Feb 5, 2004 | 10:07 PM

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horsecop

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01PSD, I use my truck to haul the wife's horses, notice I said the wife's horse's, around the country. Mine is set up for pulling down the road. Powerstrokes are real grumpy in the winter. Before you do anything, wait till it warms up before dropping the cash. I'd rather spend the money on a good prime rib dinner at the Irma in Cody, WY.

Feb 6, 2004 | 08:20 AM

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oppy

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Quote:

Originally posted by horsecop
I use my truck to haul the wife's horses, notice I said the wife's horse's, around the country.

Boy, do I feel your pain horsecop!!

They can get pretty expensive, can't they - wives and hayburners that is!

Feb 6, 2004 | 11:16 PM

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horsecop

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You bet! Now she wants a new truck! King Ranch!
I like my truck!

Feb 7, 2004 | 01:18 AM

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cookie88

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The king of the scan tools would be the Rotunda New Generation Star. That's the one found at your local Ford dealer, but it is prohibitively expensive for the garage mechanic. IMO the next best thing is this

Feb 7, 2004 | 04:34 PM

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79CEEJAY

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Re: scan tool recomendation

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Originally posted by tlowe
i'm new at this and have a 2000f450 with 203k on it. i have the ford manuals and now need a cheap scan tool to read the sensors and codes. what are the recomendations. thanks tom

I would take a look at JC Whitney. I bought some gasket material from them a while back and soon I received a catalog. I was just looking in it to see what they had, and they carry a wide selection of diagnostic tools priced pretty inexpensively for us do it your selfers. I noticed they had one that displayed the code and what it meant. I have always thought that JC;s stuff was a little second rate, but if the price is right and you arent using it in a production shop......who cares.

Feb 8, 2004 | 12:53 PM

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I found this site last night for an OBDII. - http://www.autotap.com/products.html

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Feb 9, 2004 | 10:36 AM

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tlowe

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cookie88, thanks for the ford reader lead. that looks like it may be the one for me. do you have one. 79cj, your right i also think jcwitney has tried to improve their product line. tom