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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 04:02 PM
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What is the best bang for the buck on code scanners? Need to be able to read transmission codes. I already have a cheap actron and it won't pick up anything that flashes my OD light.
 
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 04:12 PM
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The best one that I know of is AE, I don't know of any others that do our 7.3 diesel codes.
 
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 04:37 PM
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AE is about $340.00. Anyone used anything cheaper?
 
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 04:40 PM
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with any luck some one near you with AE might be able to help you..look in the casifieds..some super chips and other chips can pull codes too..
 
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 06:14 PM
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Talk to Joey at Terminator Engineering about the Scangauge- about $240 bucks but has all kinds of capabilities.
You can also scrounge Ebay and CL for a VIN locked or used Superchips programmer as they read DTC's also.
 
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 06:36 PM
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superchips 1705 locked or unlocked will read and clear codes.got one off e-bay for $30 bucks
 
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 06:43 PM
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How about the Equus scanners? Has anybody ever used these?
 
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i dont think equis scaners will work with diesel trucks that i know of.
 
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What nice is my SC 1705 tuner-codereader reads my 97 Expy's codes also.
 
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 07:18 PM
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Good call on the 1705. My wife has a 03 Exploder. Don't know if I can wait for an auction though. Will probably tow to dealer on Monday if I can't find the prob.
 
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Ron on post #4 made a good point. Before spending all that money if your connected with your VA. chapter or somebody was close by, somebody might help you out and read them codes for yaa, i'm to far away or I would help you, good luck..Check that out..
 
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i dont think equis scaners will work with diesel trucks that i know of.

There was a thread some where else that I read this morning and someone was saying that they had one that read the codes on their deisel. I can't find the thread. I looked up the scanner to call the maufacture but forgot to bookmark it
 
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 08:37 PM
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I am going to call around tomorrow and see if any of the auto stores will garentee that one they have will work.
 
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Be careful Bill. There are some OBDII codes that they will pull but not all of them.
 
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Yea, I already have one... I am not going to buy unless they tell me they will take it back if it won't read the diesel.
Thanks for the warning.
 
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