10-08-2007, 07:46 PM
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There Is No Substitute.
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I did the OBC hack a while ago with the button and it the best $50 I have spent on the car. And just a note, even if you didn't pay the dealer to turn the OBC on, at some point in the cars life the dealer turned the OBC on.
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10-08-2007, 08:16 PM
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You must have used 100 year old instructions from the peetee board.
I use the instructions Peter Smith came out with about 7 years ago.
Here is the wiring harness we make. The pins are already on the wires. The connector is available from Porsche or BMW, but I do not know what you were trying to use.
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10-08-2007, 09:11 PM
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What part #'s comprise the harness you showed?
Patrick
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10-08-2007, 09:26 PM
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You have to make the harness that's in ToolPants picture. It's not a Porsche part that you can buy over the counter. Call Jeff at Sunset and he can fill you in on all the parts/pieces you'll need.
I did the OBC hack when I did the Carrera cluster swap. I got my parts from Sunset who knew exactly what I would need. I got the wires from the local VW dealer. I followed the instructions on the DVD's that you can buy off of the Rennlist.org website. (ToolPants is the instructor) The parts list is on the DVD's as well.
Last edited by Thumper; 10-08-2007 at 09:37 PM.
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10-08-2007, 09:41 PM
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I have covered this many times on renntech. http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=520&st=0&#entry2034 That link is even out dated. The connector now has a single part number 999 650 513 40. Porsche wants like $10 for that connector so I buy them from BMW for $1.50.
When you are done it looks almost like factory wiring. Peter taught me a trick. You buy a roll of black cloth hockey tape and split it. Then when you wrap the wires in tape it looks like the factory.
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10-08-2007, 09:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Tool Pants
You must have used 100 year old instructions from the peetee board.
I use the instructions Peter Smith came out with about 7 years ago.
Here is the wiring harness we make. The pins are already on the wires. The connector is available from Porsche or BMW, but I do not know what you were trying to use.
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Now that's a beautiful looking harness Tool Pants. How much do you guys sell them for?
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10-08-2007, 10:18 PM
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I don't sell them because it is so simple to make yourself. Peter Smith is a shop foreman, PCA tech advisor, and he figured out how to make it look like factory, and just plug it in. He gave me a harness years ago and I took it apart, duplicated it, and improved it a bit. With a 2001 up you do not even need to splice the VW wires.
At our work on cars I usually make the harness. Last time I was so busy I got the owner started, then told him to finish by looking at a diagram I had made. He made it and it worked. He forgot to bring the connector so my spare blue BMW connector is in the picture.
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10-12-2007, 04:10 PM
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Wire harness info
Tool Pants,
Would you mind sharing all parts required to fabricate our own wire harness?
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10-12-2007, 09:13 PM
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Need the connector I mentioned. If you buy it from BMW the BMW part number is 61 13 6 909 058.
On your year you need 5 VW wires 000 979 009.
Need 1 ring terminal for the ground wire, 1/4" stud size for 22-18 gauge wire.
Last edited by Tool Pants; 10-12-2007 at 11:31 PM.
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10-13-2007, 07:30 AM
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Excellent…. Thanks!
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10-13-2007, 09:38 AM
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by Tool Pants
Need the connector I mentioned. If you buy it from BMW the BMW part number is 61 13 6 909 058.
On your year you need 5 VW wires 000 979 009.
Need 1 ring terminal for the ground wire, 1/4" stud size for 22-18 gauge wire.
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Do any of the numbers change for an 02 S?
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