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On Wed, 24 Oct 2001 10:15:44 -0500, Jim Adney wrote: >On 24 Oct 2001, at 0:13, Mark Healey wrote: > >> On Mon, 22 Oct 2001 22:26:50 -0500, Peter Legault wrote: >> >> I've been corrosponding with them as well. I got some drawings from >> AMP. The ones that were originaly used were part# 925586-(2|3|6|7) >> (Assuming that they used automated crimping machinery) The >> replacements for manual crimping would be 925593-(2|3). But... >> >> The 925555-x series would be easier to crimp with a standard Molex >> type crimper. >> >> The x variations >> >> 1 bronze unplated >> 2 bronze tin plated >> 3 bronze .0004(mm ?) gold plated >> 4 bronze .0008(mm ?) gold plated >> 5 brass tin plated >> 6 brass unplated. >> >> I'm probably going to order some 925559-5's. I got the same 6000 >> minimum story but the guy was refering to -6's which come attached to >> a long strip for automatic crimping machines. It might be less for >> the individual pins. If I have to I will order the 6000 (The price >> quoted to me was about U$250, which is cheaper that the Porsche guy >> wanted to rebuild the harnes for me) and sell them with just enough >> markup to cover my expenses. > >I'm getting confused. I count 4 different basic part #s here, not counting -x >variations. I've put up another drawing that shows the diferences http://www.healeyonline.com/~marksvw/connectors.html They are relatively minor. >Whatever you come up with, if you actually manage to get with something >useful, I'll buy some just to defray your expenses. OTOH, I've never needed >ANY of these for repairs. > >I wonder why there is this interest in these connectors. Are people interested >in making new harnesses? I can see some reason for this, but I have a few >good used harnesses available for sale. I'm not willing to sell them for cheap, >but unless you have industrial crimping tooling and place zero value on your >time, they would be a better buy than trying to make your own. > >A good used FI harness would come with most of the original rubber boots, >most of which are NLA, AND they come with the wire numbers stamped on >both ends of the wires, too! ;-) I don't know about the others but on mine and every one I've looked at in the junk yards the insulation on the wires is very brittle and cracked in a number of places. On alot of them it is cracked where the wire meets the pin, putting the stress on the wire itself instead of the insulation. The wire is old and needs to be replaced. Mark Healey 71 FI auto square 71 FI manual square marksvw@healeyonline.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe