help identifying wire

davidc81 · Post by **davidc81** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:03 am

the wire that attaches the motorized cubby lid of my factory navigation system to the main harness snapped. does anyone know what type of wire it is, where i can get a replacement, or if i can get it repaired? is there a part number for it? i went to nissan and they said i have to get the harness for the whole car replaced which is $1200. i've attached some pictures for reference. thanks!

Post by **fuzzysnuggleduck** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:06 am

Tom tried to fix one of those wires recently and it was so hard he had to give up... Good luck man, I don't know where to get those.

Post by **stipud** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:26 am

That broke in the wrong place, didn't it? Anywhere else would have been fine, but noooo!

Unfortunately I can't find anything like that on ebay or google right now.

I would probably recommend finding a scrapyard with a 350z. That's probably your best chance of finding one, assuming they haven't ripped out the nav system already.

davidc81 · Post by **davidc81** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 12:57 pm

Post by **Bfowler** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:07 pm

hmm, i know you came here looking for good news...but...

wait wait! if you sold your volks...then you would have a working nav system AND good looking rims!

(i have to take jabs at every opportunity!)

Monroe8091 · Post by **Monroe8091** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:07 pm

www.car-parts.com

Hope this helps

gkitching · Post by **gkitching** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:27 pm

davidc81 wrote:i went to nissan and they said i have to get the harness for the whole car replaced which is $1200.

HAHA .. Thats just about any dealerships answer to anything electronic/electrical. Too bad the vehicle harness doesn't include that ribbon cable in the head unit! ... douchbags.

davidc81 · Post by **davidc81** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:45 pm

Bfowler wrote:hmm, i know you came here looking for good news...but...

wait wait! if you sold your volks...then you would have a working nav system AND good looking rims!

(i have to take jabs at every opportunity!)

stop drinking that haterade! haha how does having my car on blocks make my nav work???

Post by **Bfowler** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:57 pm

You could put the stock wheels back on and use the proceeds from the volks to get the new cable from the stealership

Post by **Francious70** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:03 pm

So the wire itself broke?

If that's the case, why don't you just cut off the broken/fried ribbon and splice back together with speaker wire?

davidc81 · Post by **davidc81** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:06 pm

Francious70 wrote:So the wire itself broke?

If that's the case, why don't you just cut off the broken/fried ribbon and splice back together with speaker wire?

theres not enough wire on the broken end to be able to splice it. i've been searching for whats printed on the wire and it seems like they also use it for printers? gosh darn it, this is killing me!

Post by **mr tibbs** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:21 pm

Have you tried asking on a 350z specific forum? Maybe others have had the same problem.

Post by **fuzzysnuggleduck** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:23 pm

Looks like the cable is made by Sumitomo right?

JuddWire is the USA factory for Sumitomo... here is a link to a whole bunch of flat/ribbon style cables they make:

http://www.juddwire.com/page.php?id=52

Perhaps it's worth giving them a call.

Edit: This PDF even lists the same model number (20861) as your cable.

davidc81 · Post by **davidc81** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:25 pm

mr tibbs wrote:Have you tried asking on a 350z specific forum? Maybe others have had the same problem.

you guys have been much more helpful than the people on my350z! i posted up 3 days ago and havent gotten one response yet!

davidc81 · Post by **davidc81** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:25 pm

fuzzysnuggleduck wrote:Looks like the cable is made by Sumitomo right?

JuddWire is the USA factory for Sumitomo... here is a link to a whole bunch of flat/ribbon style cables they make:

http://www.juddwire.com/page.php?id=52

Perhaps it's worth giving them a call.

Edit: This PDF even lists the same model number (20861) as your cable.

fuzz u are the man! im going to look into it right now!

brenzbmr@sb · Post by **brenzbmr@sb** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:36 pm

hey david

now when some one askes on that 350z forum for the same ribbon tell them you can get it and make some cash

HoseHead · Post by **HoseHead** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:23 am

Is it broke in two places or is that black tape factory?

Can you you pry open that ribbon connector?
They had to have it open for the original manufacturing process.
Might be just a couple of release tabs.
Little spikes to penetrate the insulation when snapped closed.
Will your unit still function if that much ribbon cable is "cut out"??

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