Amp makes most of the VW connectors like this... this is about as far as I
have gotten on this subject.  If you call Amp and ask them for the parts
you will get laughed at as they make MILLIONS of connectors and without an
Amp part number good luck!

I hope you have better luck than I did - keep me posted!

At 07:39 AM 07/10/1999 -0700, Roger Bowman wrote:
>Greetings:
>
>I would like to fabricate (vs. pay $193 from Baum Tools) a breakout
>connector; that is to say, a combination male and female 25 pin connector
>that I can use to observe commerce between the ECU and the FI/Ign system.  I
>am eventually headed toward a digitool, but since my ECU is under warranty
>(and will be for another 17 months) I am unwilling to break the seals to
>install the required leads.
>
>Baum has a pre-fabricated break-out harness, for almost $200!  comes
>complete with the male, female and connector for the ribbon cable; looks
>custom, no doubt.
>
>Someone must make the Bosch 25 pin 2 row connectors in male and female; the
>question is "who" and "what do you call it?"  Anyone know where to find the
>connectors?  I may resort to salvaging a harness connector, and scavenging
>the female end from a very dead ECU; but I would like to start by locating
>new connectors; seems a little easier to me.
>
>So:  What is the designation of these connectors, and where can I find them?
>
>TIA/Roger
>Roger Bowman - bowmanrp@ earthlink.net
>Live Smart.  Think for Yourself.  Transform the Future
>
>

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