OEM Harness Connector Manufacturer? was "a little help"
 

ok i got one for the guys that know everything about the fd...

who makes the connector plugs for the oem wiring harness. i posted about the pins before but i didnt get much respnse. i had found it somewhere but can find it again.... i need this asap any help would be great...thanks.

anyone

If you are talking about the engine side plugs, no one knows. If you are talking ECU side, those are standard plugs.

yeah i was looking for engine side plugs..... if no one knows then i gues that seems to be why i cant find it in the search then....oh well guess ill to splice on some used ones....

thanks for the repely though

This is not a completely accurate statement. We have identified the manufacturers of all the connectors. The problem is that some of them are made by Sumitomo, which happens to have insanely high minimum order quanties, and no real distribution network. For instance one of the connectors they wanted 1000pc minimum order on the body, with a 40,000 piece min on the terminals

you know if you have used connectors you can always pop the pins out, put the soldering tip on the pin to melt the old solder and resolder in the new wires and it'll be like new...that's what i did when i put my msd box on my leading coil.

Post up the information for people to know (i.e. connector - maker). I keep hearing the same thing but never see any information on it in every thread about the subject.

Sorry, I am just not going to spend the hours it will take to post up all the manufacturerers and part numbers for the connector bodies, terminals, wire seals and locks for every connector on the RX7.

The Sumitomo connectors that are used are the DL sealed series you will recognize them when you see them. Here is a link to the catalog. Let me know if you have any luck buying from them.

http://www.seaps.com.sg/pdf/n_dl_e.pdf

and a handful are the TS sealed series
http://www.seaps.com.sg/pdf/d_ts_e.pdf

I personally don't have a need for them. However, the first thing I would suggest is that someone who is or knows a mechanical/electrical engineer to check on them. They can typically use their company to order parts (I have a friend who does this quite often) and get around the huge number of units. Or they may be able to find another distributor for them.

Sumitomo is factory direct, there are no distributors. I have been in and know people in the connector business for over 15 years. There is a small outfit called Senko that claims to be able to distribute, however it is only after they receive express written permission from Sumitomo to sell to any particular company. This is granted by contacting Sumitomo, we do have permission to buy, however we will not buy thousands of dollars worth of each wire terminal to meet the mins.

hhhmmm ill have to look in to this i guess i really appreciate the information. the problem ive been having with depinning the plugs ,the crank angle sensor plug especially, is that they are all brittle as hell and break into pieces. im just going to do the ghettoe slice for now and look into the connector thing more. i knew you guys would have some sorta information. thanks.

Furukawa Automotive Electronics is another manufacturer of RX-7 harnesses and connectors.

The white and grey CAS connectors are Sumitomo. Pretty much every grey connector is.

As well as Yazaki connector, but their online catalogs are useless.

I have a couple sets of these in good condition , with 6" leads.

how much would you like for them

Well then they may as well be unknown then unless someone wants to invest in 1000 of them here and there. Simply knowing who makes them doesn't matter if they aren't accessible.

Do you have any old 3rd gen body harnesses?

But they are not "unknown" and we get samples all the time, but that does not help the people that want to buy 1 connector.


Just PM me an offer on the 2 CAS connectors.

We have some chassis harness connectors, but no complete harneses.

Well, your splitting hairs, but that's fine.

This would be a gerat mystery to solve....maybe we can contract that guy from digging for the truth on the history channel, any leads on that?

Anyway all I need is the fan wire connectors, both ends. I could probably just buy a used one but I'll probably be needing a number of them in the future.