Connector modification

Hi,

When you modified the connector to get access to the bus, how did you know which pins to solder your wires to?

Thanks!

G'day Hutchie.

A bit of internet sleuthing about how the CAN systems on VAG vehicles from that era are setup was pretty helpful. That connector is simply a bridge that connects all the pins in each row together.

In that module though, I do talk about how to find the CAN wires, how to probe them with an oscilloscope, and what the signals you're looking for look like. That should help you find the CAN wires :-).