websurfer wrote:
> "The Doctor" <nwbender@erols.com> wrote in message
> news:1137285083.840107.270300@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
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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.
>
>
Strange being that there were mandated by 96 on all vehicles. Some had
them sooner than 96
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