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| Comand C1 and C2 connectors – A Unique Source.
For those of us that have made our own C to C1 / C2 harness, you would have noted the ridiculously high cost for the pins, especially if you buy from MB.
Whilst at a car wrecking yard just recently, (see my other post under W163 as to why I was there !!) I noticed a row of BMW’s of approximately mid to late 1990’s. Nearly all of them were ½ chassis, with the dashboards partly removed.
On close examination, I noticed the prolific usage of electrical connectors, IDENTICAL to those used by the Comand unit.(C1 and C2)
It would appear that BMW use this type of connector for the majority of the dash wiring, something that MB doesn’t do.
Anyway, I found numerous 8-pin connectors, and 18-pin connectors, some even had the locking housing on them.
And as and added bonus, they are all “pre wired”.
The connector in the pic is a 26 pin, with about 2 feet of wire attached, which I also bought just for the pins.
The pins are very easily removed by inserting a thin blade into the side where part of the contact shows and gently tugging on the wire. I now have 26 pins pre-wired for future usage.
They will fit perfectly into the C1 and C2 connector body.
This assembled connector cost me $5.00. A lot better than spending $75.00 at MB, just for the pins.
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