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Old 11-25-2008, 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by muleears View Post
...Marty: My scanner is one of the simple ones, no monitoring ability. If the insert for the CDI is mounted like mine you will need the security torx (the ones with the hole in the middle).
Yep, now that you mention it I do recall they have a pin in the center so you would need that security torx bit or you'd have to grind off the little nub. I mention the alternative part because it is cheaper than the OE assembly and available from the dealers. I believe it is made by pierpoint.

A monitoring scanner will give you lots of good information and is cheap. I have one which interfaces with either a laptop or palm pilot and allows you to watch all of the sensors in real time. Sometimes one sensor is reading wrong and causes a code for another system so you can't always trust the OBD code reader to diagnose every fault by the simple code. I have one of the older scanners from these people:

http://www.scantool.net/products/index.php?cPath=8&osCsid=22ce7da42c94012d486d8fb6d4e6d228
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