EfiniX
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Lucas over at English Racing called a little while ago and let me know that the DSMLink installation in my 92' hit a few bumps in the form of flat pins on the ECU connector for the wiring harness. Now he's bent the suspect pins up and he's moving forward, but if he runs into more pins like this I know I'm on notice for repair/replacement. He's got a guy that fixes this sort of thing, but he's not sure if he's available for this work.
And then there is replacement. I see that used harnesses run from $100-$150. I have no idea what OEM costs, but my rule of thumb is usually 3x or more then aftermarket.
I'm no great electrical engineer, but I can read a circuit diagram and I'm great with a soldering iron (having built more then a few digital clocks and even repairing a set of headphones just last night on my dining room table). My guess is that this harness connector contains no magic and the pins are simply the solder and push/snap you would find in any other harness.
Has anyone here repaired or replaced the pins in the ECU connector on the wiring harness? Thoughts, tips or ideas would be greatly appreciated. I'm not looking for an answer so much as a discussion on this. I'm trying to keep my costs down and get a car that runs for a good long time. The value of good parts are not lost on me, but I love doing the work myself if I can. And at the end of the day, it's just DC current and that's pretty straight forward. Hell, I'll solder the pins directly to the ECU if I was certain I would never need to pull it out again!
Thanks in advance.
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And then there is replacement. I see that used harnesses run from $100-$150. I have no idea what OEM costs, but my rule of thumb is usually 3x or more then aftermarket.
I'm no great electrical engineer, but I can read a circuit diagram and I'm great with a soldering iron (having built more then a few digital clocks and even repairing a set of headphones just last night on my dining room table). My guess is that this harness connector contains no magic and the pins are simply the solder and push/snap you would find in any other harness.
Has anyone here repaired or replaced the pins in the ECU connector on the wiring harness? Thoughts, tips or ideas would be greatly appreciated. I'm not looking for an answer so much as a discussion on this. I'm trying to keep my costs down and get a car that runs for a good long time. The value of good parts are not lost on me, but I love doing the work myself if I can. And at the end of the day, it's just DC current and that's pretty straight forward. Hell, I'll solder the pins directly to the ECU if I was certain I would never need to pull it out again!
Thanks in advance.
C
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