'04-'08 Acura TL ECM/PCM Edge Connectors
02-28-2014, 08:17 PM
#1
'04-'08 Acura TL ECM/PCM Edge Connectors
My edge connectors finally came in, I picked them up from onlinecomponents late last year and they were back ordered forever.
Evidently the factory that makes them had was re-tooling their site so I had to wait a long time, I was able to order just 2x of them. These are the impossible ones to find normally unless you pull it off of a fried ECM/PCM or something.
Anyone looking to DIY a harness definitely can with these, I have a MS3X now though with a harness for my car so not sure exactly what I'm going to use these for, may play around with it a little sometime later and make a new base-tune off my car by building a harness so I can generate one with the MS3X (JNR).
Definitely will beat the price of buying an AEM harness, it was $16 per connector, I still have to order the mating ends and pins, but total it'll end up being around $40-$60 or so to DIY your own harness so you don't have to cut your factory one.
The mating ends to the connector are easier to find, all the needed P/Ns are in the schematic posted.
Could also DIY your own conversion harness to run Hondata on an '04-'05 MT with these. I'd recommend not cutting the pins at the 90 degree bend and instead using double the female pins on these.
My intent when I use one is to solder female pins onto the male pins that are designed to go into a PCB and cover them with heat shrink and then build an enclosure around the 90 degree bend and the pins and fill it with potting compound.
As a final note these are the same connectors as used on both the AT and the MT models as well as a lot of the Accords and 4G TLs.
Evidently the factory that makes them had was re-tooling their site so I had to wait a long time, I was able to order just 2x of them. These are the impossible ones to find normally unless you pull it off of a fried ECM/PCM or something.
Anyone looking to DIY a harness definitely can with these, I have a MS3X now though with a harness for my car so not sure exactly what I'm going to use these for, may play around with it a little sometime later and make a new base-tune off my car by building a harness so I can generate one with the MS3X (JNR).
Definitely will beat the price of buying an AEM harness, it was $16 per connector, I still have to order the mating ends and pins, but total it'll end up being around $40-$60 or so to DIY your own harness so you don't have to cut your factory one.
The mating ends to the connector are easier to find, all the needed P/Ns are in the schematic posted.
Could also DIY your own conversion harness to run Hondata on an '04-'05 MT with these. I'd recommend not cutting the pins at the 90 degree bend and instead using double the female pins on these.
My intent when I use one is to solder female pins onto the male pins that are designed to go into a PCB and cover them with heat shrink and then build an enclosure around the 90 degree bend and the pins and fill it with potting compound.
As a final note these are the same connectors as used on both the AT and the MT models as well as a lot of the Accords and 4G TLs.
03-08-2014, 01:22 PM
#2
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My edge connectors finally came in, I picked them up from onlinecomponents late last year and they were back ordered forever.
Evidently the factory that makes them had was re-tooling their site so I had to wait a long time, I was able to order just 2x of them. These are the impossible ones to find normally unless you pull it off of a fried ECM/PCM or something.
Anyone looking to DIY a harness definitely can with these, I have a MS3X now though with a harness for my car so not sure exactly what I'm going to use these for, may play around with it a little sometime later and make a new base-tune off my car by building a harness so I can generate one with the MS3X (JNR).
Definitely will beat the price of buying an AEM harness, it was $16 per connector, I still have to order the mating ends and pins, but total it'll end up being around $40-$60 or so to DIY your own harness so you don't have to cut your factory one.
The mating ends to the connector are easier to find, all the needed P/Ns are in the schematic posted.
Could also DIY your own conversion harness to run Hondata on an '04-'05 MT with these. I'd recommend not cutting the pins at the 90 degree bend and instead using double the female pins on these.
My intent when I use one is to solder female pins onto the male pins that are designed to go into a PCB and cover them with heat shrink and then build an enclosure around the 90 degree bend and the pins and fill it with potting compound.
As a final note these are the same connectors as used on both the AT and the MT models as well as a lot of the Accords and 4G TLs.
Evidently the factory that makes them had was re-tooling their site so I had to wait a long time, I was able to order just 2x of them. These are the impossible ones to find normally unless you pull it off of a fried ECM/PCM or something.
Anyone looking to DIY a harness definitely can with these, I have a MS3X now though with a harness for my car so not sure exactly what I'm going to use these for, may play around with it a little sometime later and make a new base-tune off my car by building a harness so I can generate one with the MS3X (JNR).
Definitely will beat the price of buying an AEM harness, it was $16 per connector, I still have to order the mating ends and pins, but total it'll end up being around $40-$60 or so to DIY your own harness so you don't have to cut your factory one.
The mating ends to the connector are easier to find, all the needed P/Ns are in the schematic posted.
Could also DIY your own conversion harness to run Hondata on an '04-'05 MT with these. I'd recommend not cutting the pins at the 90 degree bend and instead using double the female pins on these.
My intent when I use one is to solder female pins onto the male pins that are designed to go into a PCB and cover them with heat shrink and then build an enclosure around the 90 degree bend and the pins and fill it with potting compound.
As a final note these are the same connectors as used on both the AT and the MT models as well as a lot of the Accords and 4G TLs.
Last edited by Richie v6; 03-08-2014 at 01:25 PM.
03-08-2014, 03:28 PM
#3
I contacted DIYautotune and they were willing to make a DIYBOB for it but said it'd be expensive unless I had a bunch of interest in it. Don't really want to make it a group buy though I don't think there'd be enough interest.
03-08-2014, 04:31 PM
#4
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Yah, soldering to the pins on the bottom I think is the big problem though, keeping the pins from shorting together.
I contacted DIYautotune and they were willing to make a DIYBOB for it but said it'd be expensive unless I had a bunch of interest in it. Don't really want to make it a group buy though I don't think there'd be enough interest.
I contacted DIYautotune and they were willing to make a DIYBOB for it but said it'd be expensive unless I had a bunch of interest in it. Don't really want to make it a group buy though I don't think there'd be enough interest.
03-09-2014, 09:10 PM
#6
Should actually be pretty simple. I don't really need them now though since the ms3x I picked up from another member came with the harness.
I'll probably use one eventually though.
I was originally going to use the ms3 pro and make my own harness and have to sort through the base tune as well. A lot simpler with the jnr I picked up and much cheaper which is why I bought it.
Last edited by mzilvar; 03-09-2014 at 09:12 PM.
04-20-2014, 11:57 AM
#7
It's amazing that the harness jumps $200 just due to that. I know I'll need the $50 can bus harness, but saving $200 makes the Hondata a bit more affordable. It's a bit prohibitive at over a grand and then still needing an ECU. I'm spoiled by all the B series stuff being so cheap, but there is much more demand so it's understandable.
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