[johnd89]

The problem is that our cars have a 16 pin connector hooked to OBD1 which looks like that:


\ x x x o o x x o /
\o x o x x o x o/

where:
x = empty;
o = connection.

an obd2 scanner will not read codes and I don't know if you can short two pins (or which to short) to get the check engine light to blink the codes out.

Would an interface cable from those guys:
http://www.aldlcable.com/ be my only option?

Thanks!

 

[johnd89]

ok, I found it:
the actron cp9150 scanner kit (145$ ebay) reads them.