I have a broken ribbon cable coming from my gauges to my nav door.

I haven't had much luck finding just the ribbon nor do I really want to wait. So I decided to use computer ribbon cable I had laying around. The spacing when comparing the two is identical. So i used a razor blade and shaved off one side of the plastic to reveal the traces inside. i was able to use the same connectors that came with the stock ribbon cable. I haven't hooked it back up yet.

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Does anyone have a better alternative to fixing these ribbon cables other than What I tried?

 

Well that didn't work. Knew it was a long shot that I would get the contacts to line up and have a good connection. Anyone have any ideas? My only thoughts would be trying ti solder each contact point and maybe doing a disconnect midway between the two for disconnection purposes.

Thoughts?

Anyone know where I could get the cable?

 

Start by looking online for a cable which appears to be the same, and source it - or call junkyards for this particular part there.

 

contact slidegood

 

Will Do, thanks didn't even think of them.