JohnRtl
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I am looking for a cable to power some small LED strips which I intend to put behind my top speaker grills.
The reason for this is that the indicator warning lights are tiny, and way down at the bottom of the console. I want something a bit more obvious to warn me. I find the indicator button doesn't give a great deal of feedback - there is no sensation of it clicking off, and hardly any movement at all. Ditto when I turn them on - very little feedback.
But that is a long way dowwn the road yet. I've made the small LED strips. I just need a feed. I checked out the front idicators - my tryke doesn't have any in the rear view mirrors and I couln't easily find the connector at the front . I couldn't see anything obvious from the photos that I took when I had the front dash off - so I have reverted to the rear indicators.
I used this video to give me a clue as to how to access them. Fairly easy but a bit fiddly with 3 different Torx size drivers required and 4 push pins.
The push pins proved to be a problem, but I got them out (more later), and accessed the connector, took photos and found that it appears to be a Delphi
PBT-GF20. It turns out that the PBT-GF20 is nothing more than an indication of what it is made of. The Delphi GT150 seems to be the type that matches what I found - except Delphi is now called 'Aptive', and I managed to find somewhere that sold the matching male/female parts including the terminals and seals. So there goes my self imposed rule concerning buying from China.
So hopefully when they arrive I can get back in there and intercept the wiring harness.
The push pins to which I refer are not push pins - they are like a push pin, but they have a pastic screw. I have always found this type of fitting to be a pain. They work to assemble, but they don't come out easily. This was no exception. Turning the screw resulted in the whole lot turning very slowly. It would not budge. So I ended up drilling the screw out and that enabled me to insert a wood screw and pull out the main body - which all remain intact. I wasn't too bothered about this - cos trim clips like this are pretty common, aren't they ? Well thats' what I thought. I have some in one of my dad's old tobacco tins.
But these things are 35mm long and fit into a 7mm hole. None of mine came close to fitting. Hunting over the internet reveals that the longest I can get is 22mm for a volvo. Shorter ones do not grip onto anything, so they need to be that long.
If I put a 4mm drill bit, shank first into the hole, then it spreads it wide enough to lock into position. So if I can't find anything I'll find something that will do that. I don't want anything metal because if I do that and it gets stuck again, drilling is not going to be a solution. I can't use normal push pins because the head is buried quite deep inside 4 holes around the pannier 'pocket' where the luggage sits - so it would be impossible to lift the head.
Does anyone have any brilliant ideas please ?
I've not yet come across a fiche for CanAms that I can use to get the correct part number. When / If I do, I'll order a handful of them. I hate to be without bits like this.
The reason for this is that the indicator warning lights are tiny, and way down at the bottom of the console. I want something a bit more obvious to warn me. I find the indicator button doesn't give a great deal of feedback - there is no sensation of it clicking off, and hardly any movement at all. Ditto when I turn them on - very little feedback.
But that is a long way dowwn the road yet. I've made the small LED strips. I just need a feed. I checked out the front idicators - my tryke doesn't have any in the rear view mirrors and I couln't easily find the connector at the front . I couldn't see anything obvious from the photos that I took when I had the front dash off - so I have reverted to the rear indicators.
I used this video to give me a clue as to how to access them. Fairly easy but a bit fiddly with 3 different Torx size drivers required and 4 push pins.
The push pins proved to be a problem, but I got them out (more later), and accessed the connector, took photos and found that it appears to be a Delphi
PBT-GF20. It turns out that the PBT-GF20 is nothing more than an indication of what it is made of. The Delphi GT150 seems to be the type that matches what I found - except Delphi is now called 'Aptive', and I managed to find somewhere that sold the matching male/female parts including the terminals and seals. So there goes my self imposed rule concerning buying from China.
So hopefully when they arrive I can get back in there and intercept the wiring harness.
The push pins to which I refer are not push pins - they are like a push pin, but they have a pastic screw. I have always found this type of fitting to be a pain. They work to assemble, but they don't come out easily. This was no exception. Turning the screw resulted in the whole lot turning very slowly. It would not budge. So I ended up drilling the screw out and that enabled me to insert a wood screw and pull out the main body - which all remain intact. I wasn't too bothered about this - cos trim clips like this are pretty common, aren't they ? Well thats' what I thought. I have some in one of my dad's old tobacco tins.
But these things are 35mm long and fit into a 7mm hole. None of mine came close to fitting. Hunting over the internet reveals that the longest I can get is 22mm for a volvo. Shorter ones do not grip onto anything, so they need to be that long.
If I put a 4mm drill bit, shank first into the hole, then it spreads it wide enough to lock into position. So if I can't find anything I'll find something that will do that. I don't want anything metal because if I do that and it gets stuck again, drilling is not going to be a solution. I can't use normal push pins because the head is buried quite deep inside 4 holes around the pannier 'pocket' where the luggage sits - so it would be impossible to lift the head.
Does anyone have any brilliant ideas please ?
I've not yet come across a fiche for CanAms that I can use to get the correct part number. When / If I do, I'll order a handful of them. I hate to be without bits like this.
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