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"The Doctor" <nwbender@erols.com> wrote in message
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>I recently took my 1996 F-250 to Autozone for a scan of my check engine
> light. (Comes on every so often-doesn't stay on, though). Went outside
> with a clerk and neither of us could find the OBD II connector! I have
> a factory manual for this vehicle and checked the stated locations
> (under dash) and found nothing! While the Autozone employee was fishing
> around, just for the heck of it I checked under the hood. I found a
> connector near the power brake booster that reads EEC-IV on its cover.
> Is this what the scanning tool has to be hooked up to? The cover didn't
> come off, either. It almost seems as it may need a special tool to
> remove it. Does anyone have any answers to this situation? I thought
> that *all* 1996 and after vehicles had OBD II. An old-timer that was
> in the store at the time told me that since this was a 250 and not a
> 150, that they had the 'old-style' computers in them. Does this sound
> accurate? Now I stll have to find a way to get that @#^%$ cover off!
> Thanks in advance for any help!
> The Doctor

Your 1996 has OBDI... OBDII began in 1997 for Ford F-250.