Sourcing a connector

[Diver300]

I'm looking for a plug and socket that match this pair.

They are on the accelerator on a Fiat. I want a break-in pair so that I can make a cruise control. Can anyone tell me where I can buy them, if they exist?

https://www.mtrak.co.uk/pictures/connector/conn1.jpg
https://www.mtrak.co.uk/pictures/connector/conn2.jpg
https://www.mtrak.co.uk/pictures/connector/conn3.jpg
https://www.mtrak.co.uk/pictures/connector/conn4.jpg
https://www.mtrak.co.uk/pictures/connector/conn5.jpg
https://www.mtrak.co.uk/pictures/connector/conn6.jpg

 

[duffy]

Looks like a GT 150 series from Delphi. Check the dimensions against this drawing -
**broken link removed**

If so, Mouser carries them -
https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetai...EpiMZZMs7eK6h2EBtKhwe%2bwsTRcyjKSht%2bYZnR3A=

 

[shortbus=]

You have Autozone parts stores in the UK, correct? Check and see if they carry the "help" part line, like here in the US. The "help" parts line carries most of the Delphi connectors. I worked for Delphi for 30 years, the common name for that connector style is 'weather pac'.

 

[Diver300]

Looks like a GT 150 series from Delphi. Check the dimensions against this drawing -
**broken link removed**

If so, Mouser carries them -
https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetai...EpiMZZMs7eK6h2EBtKhwe%2bwsTRcyjKSht%2bYZnR3A=

Thanks for your help. Those are the ones. I have ordered a couple of plug and socket pairs from Mouser.

How did you find them?

 

[Diver300]

You have Autozone parts stores in the UK, correct? Check and see if they carry the "help" part line, like here in the US. The "help" parts line carries most of the Delphi connectors. I worked for Delphi for 30 years, the common name for that connector style is 'weather pac'.

Thanks for the suggestion, but Autozone aren't in the UK, and the USA stores don't ship here. Also, the "weather pac" connectors don't seem to be exactly the same. They seem to be made for higher currents than the one that I was looking for. Searches for "weather pac" come up with this sort of connector:- **broken link removed**

 

[shortbus=]

There's different series of weather-pacs. The thing that makes them a 'weather-pac' is all the different rubber seals. There should be a 'seal' on the wire it's self(crimped on with the terminal), a seal where the connector separates.

According to google there are Autozone stores in the UK, must not be every where.

 

[tcmtech]

Every time I have ever needed an automotive connector for doing a custom add on to a stock vehicle wiring harness I have just went to the local wrecking yard and cut off old ones from junk vehicles.
A number of years ago I put a 460 with a electronically controlled E4OD transmission in a 1985 Ford F150. I needed a bunch of connectors for tapping and adapting a full electronic aftermarket control system into the pickups existing system so I just went to the junk yard and bought two complete used pickup wiring harnesses that matched mine for $35. Guaranteed fit and guaranteed wire color codes and pinout matches too which made the end result a nearly perfect plug and play conversion!

 

[Diver300]

Every time I have ever needed an automotive connecector for doing a custom add on to a stock vehical wiring harness I have just went to the local wrecking yard and cut off old ones from junk vehicals.
A number of years ago I put a 460 with a electronicaly controled E4OD transmission in a 1985 Ford F150. I needed a bunch of connectors for tapping and adapting a full electronic aftermarket control system into the pickups existing system so I just went to the junk yard and bought two complete used pickup wiring harnesses that matched mine for $35. Garanteed fit and garanateed wire color codes and pinout matches too which made the end result a nearly perfect plug and play conversion!

I did think of doing that. However, the car is fairly new, and not many of that type are in the scrap system yet. The real killer is that the plug part, the connector with pins, is part of the accelerator pedal assembly. There is no cable, the connector pins are fitted to the potentiometer board. So to get a plug, I would have to buy a second-hand accelerator pedal assembly, which would have cost a lot more than a new connector. It also would have been far less neat.

 

[tcmtech]

Define newer and by chance does your vehicle have any predecessors or cousin vehicles that may have the same or similar electrical connectors and parts. What ever other models that came from the factory when your vehicle was built are very likely to share at least a few compatible bits n pieces with yours.

I drive mostly Ford and its rare that a connector or component is unique to only one vehicle over only one year of production. This tends to hold true with most manufactures in general.

 

[Diver300]

The car is a Fiat 500, the latest shape one. I don't know if all of them use that plug.

It wouldn't surprise me at all if the same connector was on cars built 15 years ago. However, I would have no idea what car, if any, would have the right plug rather than a combined accelerator sensor and plug. I could spend days driving round scrap yards to find out.

It certainly cost me far less to buy a couple of new plugs and sockets, and the right crimps and seals, than a second-hand accelerator assembly.

 

[duffy]

How did you find them?

I do some consulting work for a vehicle harness manufacturer in Wisconsin called MCL.