I have a problem with my elderly Jaguar XJ8 which is entirely self-induced but which I'm having trouble solving and any help would be most gratefully received.
A couple of 286-size bulbs in the instrument cluster have expired and it seemed like a good idea to replace them. In typical Jaguar fashion, when they assembled the cluster they started with the bulbs and built the rest round it. So fairly extensive dismantling was required to get at them.
In the process of removing several tiny four-way connectors attached to ribbon cables which connect to the gauges I managed to break two of the blade-type tag terminals on the PCB. No amount of digging through all the usual sources and catalogues has come up with anything that matches them. A couple of photographs are appended and it may not be clear from these that there are actually two different flavours of the terminals. One has the keyway above the blade and the other has it below. However the connectors on the ribbon cables look very similar to me.
I'd be perfectly happy to replace them but for the life of me I can't identify them.
The blades themselves are 0.3mm thick, 7.8mm in length and 1.7mm deep. They sit at about 6.5mm above the PCB.
Can any kind soul identify them and perhaps suggest a source? I’d be extremely grateful for any help.
John
A couple of 286-size bulbs in the instrument cluster have expired and it seemed like a good idea to replace them. In typical Jaguar fashion, when they assembled the cluster they started with the bulbs and built the rest round it. So fairly extensive dismantling was required to get at them.
In the process of removing several tiny four-way connectors attached to ribbon cables which connect to the gauges I managed to break two of the blade-type tag terminals on the PCB. No amount of digging through all the usual sources and catalogues has come up with anything that matches them. A couple of photographs are appended and it may not be clear from these that there are actually two different flavours of the terminals. One has the keyway above the blade and the other has it below. However the connectors on the ribbon cables look very similar to me.
I'd be perfectly happy to replace them but for the life of me I can't identify them.
The blades themselves are 0.3mm thick, 7.8mm in length and 1.7mm deep. They sit at about 6.5mm above the PCB.
Can any kind soul identify them and perhaps suggest a source? I’d be extremely grateful for any help.
John
