Date:         Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:35:39 -0700
Reply-To:     Aristotle Sagan <killer.jupiter@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Aristotle Sagan <killer.jupiter@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Digitool Availability - COST
Comments: To: John Bange <jbange@gmail.com>
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Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm....

I have a digifant equipped box that came from Karl Wolz in Phoenix a number
of years ago. Came out of his 1985 Westy I believe. It was never installed
in my van as I never got around to building the interface cable or the
display head. The 84 is gone so I have no need for it.

Any interest? Make me an offer.

tim in san jose

On 6/14/06, John Bange <jbange@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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"
>



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