code reader

[aaklingler]

Do the cheap code readers like this, Cheap one, work on these trucks and are they worth there money or am i better off with one like this expensive one or something else?
Thanks,
Allen

 

[OLDBULL8]

Looks to me both are the same. Just go to Wal-Mart and get one. Don't have to pay shipping. Harbor Freight has them also I think cheaper. They might read your 94 and 96 but not earlier than 94. 97 and up you need one like I've got only $385.

 

[aaklingler]

Is there a chance they won't work on 94-96 and why if the truck has an obd ii plug?

 

[EMD_DRIVER]

Is there a chance they won't work on 94-96 and why if the truck has an obd ii plug?

I didn't see an OBD2 plug on my 94, while I was under the dash. Does yours have one?

 

[Mike]

I wouldnt waste my money on either of the elcheapo code readers you linked. They wont grab all the codes that the PSD can set.

 

[rebel_horseman]

I don't think the '94s had the OBDII plug under the dash. My friend had a '94 'Stroke with the "Turbo Diesel" badging and his didn't have the plug under the dash.

 

[aaklingler]

I don't believe either of my 94s are obd II, but neither of them are psd. I have a 95 and 96 psd and they both are obd II. Whats the best bang for the buck for a code reader then? Superchip or edge or AE?