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[JamesM]

Look at the porsche pet diagram, they have all the plugs and pins there. If not for some reason it looks like a standard molex plug so go on digikey or whatever your equivalent is and find it.

[dcmachinist]

Sure thing - here's the alternator harness I just got and where it plugs into on the firewall side.

Looks painfully similar to a standard 2 pin molex, but just a bit different.

Probably easier to just cut it off and go to a 2 pin DTM connector.

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Did anyone end up finding a source for this plug? dcmachinist wont ship overseas so I'm making my own harness

I will ship overseas - I just don't have it set up on my website because Weebly (Square) sucks. I have to copy and paste all customer info from from every order (even domestic) to USPS since Square bought Weebly. I used to be able to ship directly from my website. Jack Dorsey's greed ended that. They suddenly cut off that option unless I spend an extra $500+ over two years with them. I will be moving my website when my Weebly term expires to anyone not affiliated with Jack Dorsey, possibly self-hosting.

Anyone wanting to order overseas can send me a message through my contact form at the bottom of my site homepage.

[dcmachinist]

Sure thing - here's the alternator harness I just got and where it plugs into on the firewall side.

Looks painfully similar to a standard 2 pin molex, but just a bit different.

Probably easier to just cut it off and go to a 2 pin DTM connector.

Did anyone end up finding a source for this plug? dcmachinist wont ship overseas so I'm making my own harness

I found the plug, but no distributors currently have stock. It may be out of production now. If there is enough interest, I may be able to have a mold made by the same outfit that shipped me 3000 firewall battery cable grommets made of silicone according to my own CAD model. My grommets should arrive in the next month (sea freight). The company I'm working with for molded parts is proving to be very capable and fair in pricing.

I downloaded the CAD model for this part and am going to open it in Solidworks in a bit to have a look and maybe send off for a quote.

[dcmachinist]

Look at the porsche pet diagram, they have all the plugs and pins there. If not for some reason it looks like a standard molex plug so go on digikey or whatever your equivalent is and find it.

It is TE (Tyco): https://www.te.com/en/product-926102-1.html

[JamesM]

The link you sent Te has it still listed as an active product, my guess is that is it infrequently used so they run small infrequent batches of the product. you could call or check with digikey or other distributors on the lead times. Also according to their site, online components has over 18,000 in stock unfortunately with a minimum order quantity of 500

[dcmachinist]

They will want a giant order if none are already in the works. I've been down that road before.

[JamesM]

While were on the subject of battery cables, I was going to use solder terminals but couldn't find any like the stock positive with the extra tie ins for the accessories and then I found this 928-611-085-00 which would allow me to still use a solder terminal rather then the military style.

[dcmachinist]

The link you sent Te has it still listed as an active product, my guess is that is it infrequently used so they run small infrequent batches of the product. you could call or check with digikey or other distributors on the lead times. Also according to their site, online components has over 18,000 in stock unfortunately with a minimum order quantity of 500

TE aggregates all distributors and reports stock.

[JamesM]

Oops, I was on a different page, clicked on the female connector. I see what your saying now. still says active at the top of the page but it could be out of date

[dcmachinist]

While were on the subject of battery cables, I was going to use solder terminals but couldn't find any like the stock positive with the extra tie ins for the accessories and then I found this 928-611-085-00 which would allow me to still use a solder terminal rather then the military style.

I'll stick with military terminals and my bus bars. One of many advantages of military terminals is that the firewall grommet can be replaced without disconnecting the cables at the block and starter. That is impossible with the stock terminal or that add-on. Another difference - try finding a terminal boot for that mess.