Can you read temperature through OBD1?

If you are looking for an aftermarket system like a Scangage for an OBD1 system I don't believe you will find one. Someone on here created his own system using a PC and a cable that accomplished what you are trying to do. He has not posted on here for over a year but if you search in the archives under Daveinet you might find his posts.

I'm trying to avoid installing aftermarket gauges if I can help it.

Steve

jkwilson is correct and none of those are the connectors. Google for a picture, but I still don't know if there are any aftermarket devices that can pick up the data from OBD1. 77rollalong probably has the best and easiest answer.

Adam

I think you might be looking for a connector that sort of looks like a house with the peak of the roof clipped off.

6 pins

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Pinout like that if it stays together when posted

I found these connectors under the dash:



And these under the hood on the driver side:

if you want to read engine temp, best bet is an add in after market temp guage on obd1 systems.

Its under the hood usually near one of the fenders.

Thanks, Adam! I will check and see if I can find the OBD connectors!

Steve

Look at the connectors, there's a large one and a single wire connector. If the large connector has 2-3 wires going to it, no you cannot read anything but codes. If there are 5 or so wires going to the large connector, it has some data. Not sure what aftermarket scanners can read it though, I always used an NGS or SBDS but now I'm dating myself...

Adam

I've not seen a code reader for Ford OBD1 that did anything but display fault codes. Not like OBD2 where you can view the data in real time on a display.