JanDK

iTrader: (3)

Hi....

ANYONE know anything about useing my MkI Mondeo V6 24v 1995 OBD diagnostic plug under the steering colum??

I bought a OBD cable.. downloaded a program to my laptop from the internet.. did not work!


HELP.. please

tabetha

Think you will find that 1995 year too early for OBD as it was not mandatory then, see how many wires go to OBD plug, if it is just three/four then it is still STAR DIAGNOSTIC, old style and these do not output FAST CODES so you will need a ford dealer or star equiptment.
tabetha

sailorbob

It has the 'Enhanced 3 digit' output and DCL so you can use and error code reader that will work with those outputs. For some odd reason Ford started using the OBD style connector on the V6's before the ecu's were OBD-II compliant.

JanDK

iTrader: (3)

hmm.. if so, its to bad shopped the cable a bit to early, before checking what and how....

Tabetha:
I will check how many wires that goes to the back og the plug...

sailorbob:
Are you saying one of them ebay handheld codereader might do the job?? Think they cost only about 30Ł or so...

tabetha

I wrote to FORD TECHNICAL about trying to get some info on this and got the usual line, that you need to be ford trained monkey to do these things!!
tabetha

JanDK

iTrader: (3)

hi again

I find out that that 6 wires go to this plug.. but I think I still need FORD diagnostic or a handhelp codereader, because I have had some other answer ellswhere!! to bad...

Anyone who KNOW that a handheld codereader works..

Tabetha:

In ither word.. GO TO A FORD GARAGE AND PAY A FORTUNE FOR ALMOST NOTHING!!!

sailorbob

The Central Diagnosis Connector (CDC as Ford call it) has the DCL lines on it, pin 3 is DCL+ and pin 11 is DCL-. To read error codes, live data etc from this you need a scan tool that is DCL compatible and I've not seen a cheap one anywhere.

To get the 3 digit codes this is what I've heard but have no proof of; Pin 48 on the ecu is the STI (self test input) and if you connect this to either pin 40 or 60 (both are grounds) it initiates the STO (self test output) on pin 17. To read the codes you connect the gnd lead of an LED to it and it flashes out the various errors. If this is correct then you could use a cheap 3 pin code reader on the ecu.

sailorbob

Pin 3 - DCL+
Pin 4 - Chassis gnd
Pin 5 - Signal gnd (no idea what signal though)
Pin 11 - DCL-
Pin 13 - FEPS (no idea what this means)
Pin 16 - Batt+

JanDK

iTrader: (3)

wuuhaa.. this begins to become exiting .. think I will give it a go!
I will get back to you no matter what happens

Thanks

JanDK

iTrader: (3)

I will wait up with this little thing.. NOT that important!! I have had a diagnostic, and the result was so fare LAMBDA!!!!

I will make another thread about this... 2 sec