#1: WTF!! Help needed Author: furryhobnob, Location: NuneatonPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:38 am ---- I've just received my smoked 3rd brake light, I also put one on my other gti before, however came to take the clear 3rd brake light off and instead of the little plastic connector for the electrics this one has been soldered on, here's the pic
Can anyone tell me what I have to do to connect my new one up, here's the connector hole, you can see it's got 2 little metal pins in it
#2: Re: WTF!! Help needed Author: Lewis, Location: Isle Of WightPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:42 am ---- well your definitely going to need a solder iron to get that off the car in the first place! and because your car hasnt got the plastic connector for plug and play you may have to solder in the new one aswell!
#3: Re: WTF!! Help needed Author: furryhobnob, Location: NuneatonPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:43 am ---- I've got a solder gun somewhere I think, why is nothing ever easy, I thought it would just be a straight swap over like it was on my gti!!!
#4: Re: WTF!! Help needed Author: Lewis, Location: Isle Of WightPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:44 am ---- the light someone put on it was probably a cheap nasty version hence why they had to solder it on!
#5: Re: WTF!! Help needed Author: furryhobnob, Location: NuneatonPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:45 am ---- I gathered that much lol, I've got the little plastic thing that goes into the connector of my gti, thing is both wires were green on my gti and there's one green and one black on the 180
#6: Re: WTF!! Help needed Author: Lewis, Location: Isle Of WightPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:46 am ---- positive and neutral lol...
#7: Re: WTF!! Help needed Author: furryhobnob, Location: NuneatonPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:47 am ---- Haha obviously but it doesn't say on the wires or the little connector plug which one is + and which one is -
#8: Re: WTF!! Help needed Author: Harry, Location: StaffordPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:48 am ----
Lewis wrote:
positive and neutral lol...
Negative / Earth
Get someone that's breaking a 206 or a scrapyard and wire the connector back in.
#9: Re: WTF!! Help needed Author: Lewis, Location: Isle Of WightPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:51 am ----
Harry wrote:
Lewis wrote:
positive and neutral lol...
Negative / Earth
Get someone that's breaking a 206 or a scrapyard and wire the connector back in.
thats what i meant! im even sat in an electronics factory right now
#10: Re: WTF!! Help needed Author: furryhobnob, Location: NuneatonPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:56 am ---- I've got the connector as I'm breaking my gti but don't know which wire goes in which side mate
#11: Re: WTF!! Help needed Author: MrrNoName, Location: UKPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:00 am ---- ooh the joy of second hand cars! finding whats been bodged behind the scene
if it was me I would unsolder that, get a plug from a scrappy / pug and connect it up OEM style, then plug it into the light
depending on the year of 206 either could be the earth, test it: light bulb on a wire, and connected to the chassis of the car, the positive one will make the bulb light up when the pedals pressed, the ground wire wont.
be sure to unplug the battery before wiring it up though, and when unwiring it.
#12: Re: WTF!! Help needed Author: furryhobnob, Location: NuneatonPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:13 am ---- The car is an 04 reg 180, I've got the little connector plug as I just took it off my 02 gti that I'm breaking, don't you just love bodge jobs
#13: Re: WTF!! Help needed Author: Teebag, Location: exhall, bedworth, coventryPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 2:00 pm ---- come take a look at mine dude. should help u
#14: Re: WTF!! Help needed Author: Teebag, Location: exhall, bedworth, coventryPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 2:00 pm ---- come take a look at mine dude. should help u
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