Agreed on the splicing, I was thinking of someone quickly stealthy 
plugging into the connector Maybe happen when car unattended, paying 
fueling bill, car wash, valet parking, or even setting in home driveway. 
Then if the device had GPS, could give location, thieve open door, and 
steal.

Yea, and those E-check guys are low paid political jobs. Last time 
Bronco was there a couple of months ago, it has a locking gas cap that 
vents when the key is in the lock. They didn't take the key out, and 
evap failed, they installed their own cap and it passed, but report 
showed they used their cap. I know the cap seals cause I can hear the 
pressure relief every time key inserted. I think next time, I'll just 
buy a regular cap and install it temporarily. :)

The crime in it is the air monitor for Cleveland is in a bad location, 
not good representative of real world, and reports are, it's held 
together with duct tape. :~(  We are one of a few Ohio counties that 
require E-check, it is free, but a pain to drive 2 vehicles over there 
in what usually is poor weather.

On 5/17/2010 6:35 PM, Vitaliy wrote:
> Carl Denk wrote:
>    
>> My 1996 Ford Bronco (F150) OBDII port is located center on bottom edge
>> of dashboard, readily visible. It would be hard not to notice something
>> plugged in there!
>>      
> It's easy to splice the device into the wiring somewhere b/w the DLC and the
> ECU. On your truck, only four lines are needed: +12V, Gnd, Bus+ and Bus-.
>
>
>    
>> On the other hand the 2002 Mercury Cougar connector is
>> tucked under the dash board with a black plastic shield around it. There
>> could easily be something, say cell phone controlled and a GPS plugged
>> in there, and not found for months. Here in this part of Ohio, E-check
>> is every other year, and probably would be when found.
>>      
> Doubt it. A friend recently failed emissions, with "loose connector" as the
> only explanation. When I looked at it, the connector was simply pulled out
> of its socket, and the tech did not bother to pop it back in. Those guys
> have no clue.
>
> I was actually considering rigging up our sim to spoof the VIN&  mess with
> the software, to confuse the techs. Unfortunately I never seem to have time
> for fun projects.  :))
>
> Vitaliy
>
>    
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