I think I may have found the source of my airbag light and I dont believe it could be any worse. I disconnected the airbag ECU and there are signs of corrosion in there and one of the pins from the ECU has broken/corroded into the corresponding plug.
I cannot think of any way to get this pin out of the plug as there is nothing to get needle nosed tweezers or pliers on to. I also suspect if I could get hold of the pin, there is a reason its come off, its probably corroded in some way to the plug on the other side.
This leaves me in a rather crappy situation. I cant buy a new ECU as it couldn't be plugged in anyway unless i can somehow replace this rather specialist plug. Its the type of plug with a lever to attach it too so I suspect its not a common thing.
The only thing I can think of right now is to open up the ECU and solder a wire to the corresponding connection inside and then try to find the corresponding wire in the loom to connect to. However I have just noticed that even though this is a 24 pin plug, in the loom that comes out of it there are only 6 wires. I have looked at the eLearn diagrams and as usual the colour codes and number of wires bear no resemblance to my van which has the following colours coming out of this plug....
Black going to earth on the van body.
Black,
White/Orange
Brown/Yellow
Brown/Grey
Blue/Yellow
I guess with just 6 wires coming out of a 24 pin plug I could be in luck and the pin that has snapped maybe is redundant? Although I guess I still have the airbag light so I suspect I am unlucky there.
For info, the pin seems to be number 7 of the grey connector.
If anyone has any idea of where I could buy a new 24 pin plug to replace the one I have, know which colour wire this pin corresponds to or any other suggestions to get me out of this mess I would appreciate your input.
Thanks people.
Ian
I cannot think of any way to get this pin out of the plug as there is nothing to get needle nosed tweezers or pliers on to. I also suspect if I could get hold of the pin, there is a reason its come off, its probably corroded in some way to the plug on the other side.
This leaves me in a rather crappy situation. I cant buy a new ECU as it couldn't be plugged in anyway unless i can somehow replace this rather specialist plug. Its the type of plug with a lever to attach it too so I suspect its not a common thing.
The only thing I can think of right now is to open up the ECU and solder a wire to the corresponding connection inside and then try to find the corresponding wire in the loom to connect to. However I have just noticed that even though this is a 24 pin plug, in the loom that comes out of it there are only 6 wires. I have looked at the eLearn diagrams and as usual the colour codes and number of wires bear no resemblance to my van which has the following colours coming out of this plug....
Black going to earth on the van body.
Black,
White/Orange
Brown/Yellow
Brown/Grey
Blue/Yellow
I guess with just 6 wires coming out of a 24 pin plug I could be in luck and the pin that has snapped maybe is redundant? Although I guess I still have the airbag light so I suspect I am unlucky there.
For info, the pin seems to be number 7 of the grey connector.
If anyone has any idea of where I could buy a new 24 pin plug to replace the one I have, know which colour wire this pin corresponds to or any other suggestions to get me out of this mess I would appreciate your input.
Thanks people.
Ian