Porsche 996 Turbo DME Connectors
Turns out 15 year old electrical components are hard to find, especially for the chassis side. Things that should never ever fail or require replacement on their own. This post is likely not helpful for anyone else in the universe, but I wanted to share my findings for the DME connectors. I’ve been working on swapping out the ProEFI 128 ECU to another newer ECU, long unrelated story for another post. This information should also be applicable to 997 Turbo as I believe they have the same DME.
First off we are talking about these things, the set of 5 connectors which mate with the DME connector TE #967288. Don’t waste your time trying to find a 134 pin anything that will mate to it…trust me it doesn’t exist.
I had just found the 24 pin connector when writing this post. Goal was to get it up before forgetting and moving on to another project. If I remember (unlikely) I’ll repost with all 5 connectors, but for now use your imagination. The missing connector is just like the other two black ones.
From left to right the connectors
9 pin - TE # 2-968307-2 [datasheet]
requires carefully breaking off a small plastic alignment fin (figure A below)
24 pin (12 + 12) - TE # 1-968317-3 [datasheet]
This also requires these two connectors, they fit inside the main housing. They are all related on this datasheet.
TE # 1-968318-1
TE # 2-968318-1
52 pin (26 + 26) - TE # 284972-1 [datasheet]
This comes with the housing and internal pair of connectors
requires careful removal of a tab on both sides (figure B below)
40 pin (20 + 20) - TE # 284229-1 [datasheet]
This comes with the housing and internal pair of connectors
9 pin - TE # 2-968307-2 [datasheet]
Additionally Required Pins
Large flat for 9 pin - TE # 927768-1
Small pins for all others - TE # 5-928999-1
You’ll need the correct crimping tools to get the job done, but if you are searching for these plugs you likely already have tools required, but couldn’t find the damn collection of TE connectors.
You can find all the parts at your preferred supplier. I like Mouser, Digikey and Newark for different components and for these parts I actually ended up buying some from each as I was searching.
Hoping this helps someone out!!
