03-31-14 11:31 Holger Granholm wrote to Ed Vance about Re: Early warning   
      
    HG> @MSGID: <533A9782.12782.windowsa@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    HG> In a message dated 03-29-14, Ed Vance said to Holger Granholm:   
      
    HG> GM Ed,   
      
    EV>I built a Heath-Kit Ignition Analyzer to check out my cars, but now   
    EV>I haven't the slightest idea how to use it with my Dodge that has a   
    EV>Distributorless Ignition System.   
      
    HG> There's now a universal connector on all new cars where you can   
    HG> plug in a diagnostic tool to find out everything in a   
    HG> car/engine but of course there's no Heathkit anymore making   
    HG> electronic kits. :o(   
      
   GE Holger,   
      
   The 1994 Dodge van I drive needs the older ODBC I? (OBDC I?)   
   Code Reader.   
   It took a bit of time for me to find a garage that still could   
   read the codes on older autos, but I found 3 places in the past few   
   years that still had the older reader that I could go to when I needed   
   work done.   
      
   I was told recently that the new autos have a connector that the Police   
   can connect up to, to see what speed the vehicle was running at, and   
   some other data.   
   I believe Tom mentioned this connector a year or two ago.?   
      
   The other week when we didn't want to drive the van because of the   
   noise, I was in a friends car and the Key wasn't even in the Ignition   
   Switch, I never heard of that before, but the latest model auto I've   
   owned was a 2002 model, and it was fancy enuf for us with the Compass   
   and Trip Calculator display on it.   
      
   My brother was here a few weeks ago and I used his Garmin GPS to see   
   what exactly it would show as my Latitude and Longitude.   
   I had written it down after looking at a Geological Map I had access to   
   at work, but just wanted to see what the GPS 'Birds' said where I was.   
      
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