Hey, I haven't posted for a LOOOONG time but today I've got a major issue and zero cash to deal with it. Yesterday the '01 D started loosing power considerably. In fact, when going up hill, the transaxel light would blink on the dash board. On level ground, it light shines steady. Very scary, I think she might die altogether.
She's got almost a quarter-million miles on her, so I'm a bit on the cautious side.
However, I'm unable to get the trouble-codes from the computer. The toggle the ignition switch trick no longer works. I'm thinking that maybe when I changed my ignition tumbler a while back maybe I didn't connect something properly (although the swap was very straightforward and I don't remember there being any connections to connect?) Is there an alternate way of getting the trouble-codes without a computer scanner? The local shops that used to do it for free are no longer doing so.
In the mean-time I'm going to try tuning her up as much as I can to see if maybe that doesn't do the trick (I still have unused tune-up stuff laying around the garage from when I was last working that I can put in -- crossing my fingers.)
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
--Robert
