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Old Jul 30, 2006 | 07:09 PM
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Is there a way to check DTC codes with out a tester? I have a 95 LT-1 with OBDI with the 16 pin OBDII connector. Thanks
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Old Jul 30, 2006 | 08:36 PM
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This may help.

http://www.obdii.com/obdii.html
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Old Sep 12, 2006 | 11:58 PM
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So if you have a 95 with the OBD2 connector and yet the car is only OBD1, how do you check the codes? If you use an OBD2 scanner will it work?
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Old Sep 13, 2006 | 12:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Renegade Kid
Is there a way to check DTC codes with out a tester? I have a 95 LT-1 with OBDI with the 16 pin OBDII connector. Thanks
This site will explain everything you need to know.

http://www.corvettephotographs.com/c4vettes/index.htm
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Old Sep 13, 2006 | 02:41 AM
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A tip-O-the-hat and a thankyou for that link. I had it from long ago and lost it.

Excellent info .........but to get to the heart of the matter. You need to purchase a FSM (factory service manuel) for a 95 and there it will tell you how.

There for sale here on the forum and on e-bay all the time.
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Old Sep 13, 2006 | 06:53 AM
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The 95 vette is a OBDI system with a OBDII ALDL. A OBDII scan tool will not work on the 95. You can jump pins 4 and 12 on the ALDL with a paperclip and the key "on" and it will display trouble codes on the speedometer.
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