On board computer hack - how long is the wiring harness?

[ddruker]

Thanks again all. The official Molex description and part number for the very tiny pins needed to connect the wiring harness to the steering wheel stalk for this project is "Molex 16-02-0096 Series 70058 Female 24-30AWG Crimp Terminal." You can get them from Digikey or eBay, for a few cents apiece. From your help above, I now know I need Five 24-inch strands of 24 gauge hookup wire - I like to use silicone jacketed wire for this kind of application. One you crimp and solder the molex pins onto to these wires, you insert the stalk end of the pins into Porsche connector 999-650-513-40 (which costs about $5.00) which then plugs its counterpart on the new steering wheel stalk. I've been assuming the same pins are needed on the other end of the wires that connect to the existing cluster connector, I now realize I should probably confirm that the cluster connector requires the same size of molex pins before I start soldering the harness up. I'll be taking the cluster off tomorrow...