can not hook in to scaner

[howiefisher]

i have a 95 5.0L i took it to ford today and they cant seem to get the scaner to read my car they said that i might have a blown fuse or a bad wire has any bodie else ever had this problem .my check engine light keeps coming on so i know there is a problem but cant scan it ???

 

[94v6GT]

make sure you, or they are connecting it to the OBD1 connector under the hood and not the OBD2 connector under the dash

 

[Zero_chance]

Yeah Id have them doube check that too. Might be an inexperienced tech who saw the obd 2 connector and jumped on it. Unless of course when they hookd up the NGS, the fuse to power point was blown and couldnt power up the scanner... but then why wouldnt they just replace the fuse? Thats what we do. Even if its a short, we still get to the bottom of it instead of saying "Oh well, couldnt get it to work." Thats just bad business.

 

[95strokerPSU]

I had the same problem two weeks ago. I was thinking since I removed my gauge cluster and the harnesses are not connected, that might be my problem. Fortunately my car is running fine now and I'm not too concerned about pulling the codes.

 

[Redsnake2]

LOL thats wild, I'm going through the same thing. I hooked my scanner up last night and nothing. no power to the scanner or anywhere else, no power to my coil and I checked all the fuses and they all test good. so i'm going to put an ignition switch in it tonight cause I'm thinking it might be a bad switch in a certain position. The car turns over just fine, but it wont fire

 

[howiefisher]

no he tried the connector under the hood buy the strut tower it powerd up but just stayed beeping solid beep would not go in to the system he said i might havea blown fuse or a bad wire any bodie no wear i should look i have a manual hanes repair what fuse would it be

 

[howiefisher]

i know my car has something wrong with it the check engine light keeps coming on but why the hell wont the scaner load it up ??????????

 

[HISSIN50]

Howie, check your EVTM and the wiring for the EEC connector. Dont forget the single wire - that's very likely where the issue is at.

Good luck.

 

[howiefisher]

what does evtm stand for ?? the wiring for the test port on the strut tower goes into the main wiring should i open it up and try to follow the wiring or is that the single wire your talking about .?? does it have any fuses that could stop it from loading up and were under the hood or under the dash thanks for you help its driving me nuts i just bought the car my first mustang .95 5.oL sspd