CEL Code reader

[henrymski]

After coughing up $100 for the privilege of having my local dealer plug in my truck to get the CEL code, I've decided I really need to do this myself. My truck is a 94. What OBD regime does it fall under, what sort of code reader is recommended by the collective, and how's it done?
TIA

 

[94SRUNNER]

Henry, your 80 falls under the OBDI catagory. So a paper clip and code list would be your best option.

As far as I know there is not a plug and play option for OBDI systems.

 

[CJF]

After coughing up $100 for the privilege of having my local dealer plug in my truck to get the CEL code

Holy sh*t!

They didn't "plug in" anything other than a paperclip-like jumper wire into the diagnostics port (and then went and counted the flashes in the dash).

 

[henrymski]

Holy sh*t!

They didn't "plug in" anything other than a paperclip-like jumper wire into the diagnostics port (and then went and counted the flashes in the dash).

See, now I feel worse!

Where is the diagnostics port?

 

[94SRUNNER]

There is one under the hood on the firewall I believe, but I search should yield results with pictures.

 

[retrofive]

They make a fancy flashy one for ODBI that fits on the diag port in on firewall, which just counts the blinks and puts it in a fancy LCD screen that you still have to go look up..... or..... like other said pack a paperclip and print out the codes

 

[retrofive]

There is one under the hood on the firewall I believe, but I search should yield results with pictures.

yep, US PS firewall. Again search will yeild the pins to jump... something like TE1-T0 or something..... may even be in the FAQ

 

[CJF]

Google "Toyota trouble codes". First result will have procedure and a list of code translations.

 

[kidglove13]

I did a search
Jump TE1 and E1