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Molex connector for New Astro city

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Does anyone know the website or part number for the 12 hole molex connector that joins the joystick and buttons to the CP?

One of my Astro's has absolutely no 2 player controls at all. Therefore I need this molex connector and I'm finding it hard to source.

I tried chad at Lizardlick, but he didn't actually reply to that part of the email and I don't see it on his website, although some kind of Nintendo harness has what looks like the part i'm looking as part of it.

Any help would be grateful.

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Wow, this will help alot, however it doesn't show the actual part number for the male connector.
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akihabarashop has them....

although you have to buy the molex connector and the pins seperately :?
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Email SEGAShed.com and ask. He's in the UK btw.
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Thanks, i've sent segashed an email.
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jonny5 wrote:akihabarashop has them....

although you have to buy the molex connector and the pins seperately :?
and you'll need a special crimper for the molex pins...i found my ratcheting crimper online for about $20. try not to spend too much more than that if you don't have one already.
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brokenhalo wrote:
jonny5 wrote:akihabarashop has them....

although you have to buy the molex connector and the pins seperately :?
and you'll need a special crimper for the molex pins...i found my ratcheting crimper online for about $20. try not to spend too much more than that if you don't have one already.
I just used a flat plier with mine, but perhaps that's another kind of pins, as my connector was for my EGRET II.
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emphatic wrote:
brokenhalo wrote:
jonny5 wrote:akihabarashop has them....

although you have to buy the molex connector and the pins seperately :?
and you'll need a special crimper for the molex pins...i found my ratcheting crimper online for about $20. try not to spend too much more than that if you don't have one already.
I just used a flat plier with mine, but perhaps that's another kind of pins, as my connector was for my EGRET II.
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those guys. you can't really get away with crunching them down with pliers cause the 2 crimped sections have to be crimped from a letter "U" shape to a letter "C" shape. you can kinda make it out in those pics.
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brokenhalo wrote:those guys. you can't really get away with crunching them down with pliers cause the 2 crimped sections have to be crimped from a letter "U" shape to a letter "C" shape. you can kinda make it out in those pics.
Not the same type of pins that I had for my EGRET/AWSD connector. Perhaps mine isn't Molex, but JST?
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The connectors are AMP UP type.

You'll have a hard job doing it without the right crimping tool - unless the crimps are accurate you can't get the pins in the connector.

Buy the whole loom and save yourself the hassle?
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I made that picture a while ago, the updated version with correct name and an instruction sheet for the connectors can be found here:
http://www.arcadeotaku.com/wiki/index.p ... _Universal

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No reply from Segashed.

Does anyone have a pre-crimpled molex with wires on it? I'll pay something for it.
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neorichieb1971 wrote:No reply from Segashed.

Does anyone have a pre-crimpled molex with wires on it? I'll pay something for it.
Keep in mind that he's probably still busy with IC '09 related stuff.
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