Ostrich 2.0 28pin emulation cable socket adapter broken. Help?

[John Hartman]

hey, so I had to remove the cable from a Ziff socketed ECU.  I broke some pins.  Upon closer inspection, the cable itself is fine, but there is a Ziff socket adapter of sorts plugged into the actual cable terminal.

Where can I get one of these?  I know there are lots of you guys on here who tune, burn chips, build cabling etc.

and, secondly, can I run it without the adapter? or is it more than an adapter and has electronics in it?  The pins line up, but they are flat, not round like the Ziff socket pins.

thank you very much.

[Brett Haviland]

i got a spare adapter for you john.

you can run them without the adapter...  the pins on the cable are very flimsy on the cable (flat style).  sometimes those style pins wont fit into the round machined style sockets so the ostrich cables come with actuall machined pin (round and stronger) style socket.  I got a spare u can have for my cost john.

[John Hartman]

thanks, we talked.  I already ordered, but they are cheap.

[Allen fong]

I broke my cable! ordered a new on 9 bucks and 30 to ship FML

[John Hartman]

did you actually break the cable itself or just the 28pin socket that plugs into the end?  those are $2 and shipping is sort of cheap.

[Allen fong]

Just the pins but the new style they sent me is way better! I'll post a pic



After a closer look it seem I was missing the silver pin part and was using only the gold pins. This is much better

[John Hartman]

yes, that's what I have.  I broke two of the end pins on that plastic adapter plate.  They are $2.

[Allen fong]

Just the pins you replaced? The two pins I broke the one fwd pin bent back and touched the second pin and when I turned the car on the cylinders filled with fuel....not good

[John Hartman]

not the pins.  the terminal of the cable is two pieces.  it comes apart.