Date:         Wed, 14 Jun 2006 21:35:57 -0700
Reply-To:     John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Digitool Availability - COST
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On 6/14/06, David McCallum <boris89.david@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The need to solder onto the ECU is the one aspect of the Digitool that
> gives
> me pause. I gather that the ECU connector to the wiring harness is not
> very
> common, but if one were to find a source for both the male and female
> connectors for the ECU, is there any reason a "T" connector wouldn't work
> between the ECU and harness? That would bring down the cost of the
> digitool
> considerably, and allow it's use in more troubleshooting situations.
> Anybody
> have info on the connector? I'll do some looking on my extra wiring
> harness
> for any clues on the OEM.


I have a "breakout box" type thingy I got from an old-time list member whose
name I cannot recall who sold his last Vanagon last year, I think. It's a
regular male FI harness connector epoxied back-to-back with a female
connector robbed from a fried ECU, with a 6 foot cable to a row of terminal
strips on a piece of plywood. It's pretty convenient, but you can't reach it
while driving. That's probably a "feature" rather than a "bug", since if it
WAS long enough, I'd probably be driving down the freeway at 70mph with it
in my lap, trying to probe the AFM wiper input with a voltmeter...

It's a shame they went with such a weird connector for digifant. You can
find "interposer" connectors for the old bosch jettronic all over the place.


--
John Bange
'90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"