Quote Originally Posted by trbankii View Post
My thought was that a reader would be more accurate than the paper clip method, but I also don’t want to spend an arm and a leg...
The jumper/pc method is as accurate as it gets. However, it's no more accurate than your attention span. Anything else just "interprets" the same process. More moving parts = more points of failure (hecho en chinas, btw). Spend as much or little as you want. It won't get you more function or more accuracy, really.

Really starting to sound like a paper clip is the way to go.
I have an OBD-I reader around here, somewhere (an older "gooder" one). If I can find it, I'll send it to you, and even pay the postage. IF I can find it. I always know where my paper clips are, and they always work.

If it sounds like we're trying to talk you out of buying a code reader, you're probably right. Use that money to buy your wife something nice, or something....