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PostPosted: Sun Sep 28, 2014 9:09 am    Post subject: Bench testing a digital dash without the gte plugs! Reply with quote

I've got a pair of LCD clocks but don't have the white gte connector to get them working. I've managed to make my own from an old pc ribon cable but can't get any life from either clock?
I've managed to find a lot of info using the original plug and this chart for the individual pins but this only has 22 pins when the clocks have 26???


Small Connector Wiring (white plug)

Pin no Colour Function

1 Blue/White Alternator light
2
3 Grey/Green (Grey/Black) Dashboard brightness rheostat
4 Blue/Black Fuel gauge
5 Black Ignition + (illumination)
6
7 Green Rev counter
8
9 Brown Ground -
10 Brown Ground - (illumination)
11 Brown Ground-
12 Blue/Yellow Oil pressure gauge
13
14
15 Black Ignition + (speedo illumination)
16 Grey/Green Illumination (relay)
17 Blue Engine coolant temperature
18
19
20
21 Blue/Red Speedometer
22 Blue/Green Oil pressure light

Do the pins follow the same number pattern as the black 16 pin plug, if so both my clocks must be knacker???
Any help would be massively appreciated.

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 8:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

test the illumination bulbs out of the clocks, their halogen and quite prone to popping, if they dont work you cant see anything else working.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 9:04 pm    Post subject: lcd Reply with quote

there should be a total off 4 black to live mate and 4 brown to earth or they wont come on , do you want me to whip the clocks from my mk2 gte and take you a pic so you know what colour goes where ? made many plugs for them in my earlier days i even did the feature in total vauxhall on how too many years ago when i had hair and big glasses laughing
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 9:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pic of the aforementioned big hair and glasses Baz or it didn't happen laughing
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 4:25 pm    Post subject: big glasses lol Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 4:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for the help lads I'm getting there slowly?
1st thing I did was test all the bulbs! The halogens where a tad dull but they worked fine!
I managed to finds pic of the 26pin plug with the correct pin numbering and got the clocks working with an old pc ribbon. The problem now is that the clocks turn off every time after completing theyre start up sequence?
Bloody hell Vernon i bet ive got the LCD feature in my old Total Vauxhall stash??? Please dont got pulling your mk2 apart for me though mate! lol...
It looks like I'm missing a live then, I've got 2 from the white plug and 1 from the black? This would have been child's play with the proper plug, not to worry though I love electronics!!! smile

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 4:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Vernon your a legend!!! big grin laughing big grin
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 5:40 pm    Post subject: Re: big glasses lol Reply with quote

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Bloody hell, you're a real person!

I always thought you were a piggy bank.

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 6:57 pm    Post subject: piggy bank Reply with quote

LOL I was young there , the pig stands for my other job mate , i am a whole sale bacon supplies with my old man , hence the pig
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 8:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sod the pig. I'm laughing that hard I nearly sharted.

How old there Baz? 9 10? laughing laughing
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