Corosith
21-05-2011, 07:55 PM
OK, so I had a go at wiring everything up to day using Mitsiman's setup so I don't have to cut or removing anything from the colt's OBD2 port, some feedback would be appreciated on whether i have missed anything or whether I still have to change anything in the setup as it is pretty easy to do so if required.
Once confirmed that this is all cool, I'll add it up into the "How to do" guides to help people do the same or at least get an idea of what is required. I suppose the main diffrerence between my setup is that I did not de-pin any of the plugs, I just cut the second pin11 cable running through the Y-cable to the Openport2.0 unit, I was just a bit sceptical on whether for some reason I actually needed to remove the pin on the Openport end of the cable rather then simply cut the cable? See what you think and let me know if I stuffed up or fluked it!:cool:
This is one of the branches on the Y-cable that is intended to run to the Openport2.0, so I disassembled the cable and cut the cable running to PIN11 (purple on the Y-cable), then folded the exposed end of the cable over and shrinkwrapped it so it wouldn't be exposed. You can lever the cover off the end plug with a small flat head screwdriver so that this clear section of the plug is visible, I ended up cutting the conduit for the cabling for ease of access to all the separate cables.
http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/3005/pin11.jpg
Next up I wrapped the exposed inner core of the cabling up with some copper shielding & electrical tape, cable tied the ends and replaced the black plastic shroud back over the end of the plug.
http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/2079/open2d.jpg
Now on to the Mitsubishi reflash plug which has to plug into the other side of the Y-cable via an OBD2 adapter along with the PIN 11 still connected. Here I ended up cutting the metal connector out of the plastic plug as it would make a good soldering connection for the rest of the cable.
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/2848/open15.jpg
Pictured is the OBD2 adapter to fit to the end of the Y-cable, this is the inner section of the plug with covers added later after soldering. Once PIN 11 is located on the adapter, I cut up some extra wire and soldered it to PIN 11.
http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/5660/open4.jpg
Time to assemble the adpater plug where I added some hot glue to secure that cable in place, this should help prevent the newly soldered cable from working its way loose from the soldered connection.
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/1639/open6.jpg
The adapter I bought had torx bit screws, luckily I had a set - the bit required is a T10.
http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/5719/open7.jpg
Take the other end of the OBD2 adapter cable and strip it ready for soldering to the reflash cable.
http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/5733/open8.jpg
Remember to place some shrink wrap over the cabling before soldering (easy to forget), I also added some plastic shrouding to give the thin copper cabling some strength. Twist the end of the cabling and insert into the metal reflash connector ready for soldering.
http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/9665/open9.jpg
Solder away!
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/9264/open10x.jpg
Once again I taped the whole connector up with electrical tape for added protection and strength and cable tied the ends to prevent the tape from unravelling, now you have finished the adapter side of the Y-Cable which runs the double ended mono jack cable back to the Openport 2.0.
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/5559/open12.jpg
This is the finished product with the right side of the adapter with the cut pin11 cable running to the Openport 2.0, and the left side with the OBD2 adapter, reflash cable and mono jack plug running through to the back of the Openport 2.0.
http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/5056/open13.jpg
This pic is of everything connected up, including the OBD2 extension cable and USB cable at the bottom of the pic.
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/1620/open14.jpg
Once confirmed that this is all cool, I'll add it up into the "How to do" guides to help people do the same or at least get an idea of what is required. I suppose the main diffrerence between my setup is that I did not de-pin any of the plugs, I just cut the second pin11 cable running through the Y-cable to the Openport2.0 unit, I was just a bit sceptical on whether for some reason I actually needed to remove the pin on the Openport end of the cable rather then simply cut the cable? See what you think and let me know if I stuffed up or fluked it!:cool:
This is one of the branches on the Y-cable that is intended to run to the Openport2.0, so I disassembled the cable and cut the cable running to PIN11 (purple on the Y-cable), then folded the exposed end of the cable over and shrinkwrapped it so it wouldn't be exposed. You can lever the cover off the end plug with a small flat head screwdriver so that this clear section of the plug is visible, I ended up cutting the conduit for the cabling for ease of access to all the separate cables.
http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/3005/pin11.jpg
Next up I wrapped the exposed inner core of the cabling up with some copper shielding & electrical tape, cable tied the ends and replaced the black plastic shroud back over the end of the plug.
http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/2079/open2d.jpg
Now on to the Mitsubishi reflash plug which has to plug into the other side of the Y-cable via an OBD2 adapter along with the PIN 11 still connected. Here I ended up cutting the metal connector out of the plastic plug as it would make a good soldering connection for the rest of the cable.
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/2848/open15.jpg
Pictured is the OBD2 adapter to fit to the end of the Y-cable, this is the inner section of the plug with covers added later after soldering. Once PIN 11 is located on the adapter, I cut up some extra wire and soldered it to PIN 11.
http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/5660/open4.jpg
Time to assemble the adpater plug where I added some hot glue to secure that cable in place, this should help prevent the newly soldered cable from working its way loose from the soldered connection.
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/1639/open6.jpg
The adapter I bought had torx bit screws, luckily I had a set - the bit required is a T10.
http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/5719/open7.jpg
Take the other end of the OBD2 adapter cable and strip it ready for soldering to the reflash cable.
http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/5733/open8.jpg
Remember to place some shrink wrap over the cabling before soldering (easy to forget), I also added some plastic shrouding to give the thin copper cabling some strength. Twist the end of the cabling and insert into the metal reflash connector ready for soldering.
http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/9665/open9.jpg
Solder away!
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/9264/open10x.jpg
Once again I taped the whole connector up with electrical tape for added protection and strength and cable tied the ends to prevent the tape from unravelling, now you have finished the adapter side of the Y-Cable which runs the double ended mono jack cable back to the Openport 2.0.
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/5559/open12.jpg
This is the finished product with the right side of the adapter with the cut pin11 cable running to the Openport 2.0, and the left side with the OBD2 adapter, reflash cable and mono jack plug running through to the back of the Openport 2.0.
http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/5056/open13.jpg
This pic is of everything connected up, including the OBD2 extension cable and USB cable at the bottom of the pic.
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/1620/open14.jpg