Corvette Mod's Mirror Tap
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Racer
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Corvette Mod's Mirror Tap
Has anyone used their mirror tap for their escort? I just received one today and spent hours trying to get it to work. I tried tapping the purple and black wires and didn't get any power to my detector.
Dan
Dan
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Agree, ignition was switched on when you tested it?
Correct polarity (black ground, purple +12V)?
Did you push the pins in on the car side the connector (not the mirror side)? The purple wire does not connect through the connector to the mirror side of the connector.
If it's like the original MirrorTap, sometimes the pins are a tight fit & need to be pushed in deeper. Use something like a micro screwdriver to "wallow" out the hole.
Hope this helps.
Correct polarity (black ground, purple +12V)?
Did you push the pins in on the car side the connector (not the mirror side)? The purple wire does not connect through the connector to the mirror side of the connector.
If it's like the original MirrorTap, sometimes the pins are a tight fit & need to be pushed in deeper. Use something like a micro screwdriver to "wallow" out the hole.
Hope this helps.
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Racer
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 497
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From: Irvine CA
Agree, ignition was switched on when you tested it?
Correct polarity (black ground, purple +12V)?
Did you push the pins in on the car side the connector (not the mirror side)? The purple wire does not connect through the connector to the mirror side of the connector.
If it's like the original MirrorTap, sometimes the pins are a tight fit & need to be pushed in deeper. Use something like a micro screwdriver to "wallow" out the hole.
Hope this helps.
Correct polarity (black ground, purple +12V)?
Did you push the pins in on the car side the connector (not the mirror side)? The purple wire does not connect through the connector to the mirror side of the connector.
If it's like the original MirrorTap, sometimes the pins are a tight fit & need to be pushed in deeper. Use something like a micro screwdriver to "wallow" out the hole.
Hope this helps.
Thanks,
Dan
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Racer
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 497
Likes: 204
From: Irvine CA
Thanks,
Dan
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It should come on when you start your car. I put the blendmount Mirror tap in about two months ago. It actually was alot easier than I though it would be. I did use a small pick to push the wires over so I could get the little post to seat all the way down. My only mistake was not using loctite on the mounting screw for the Bracket. On the wat home from Vegas yesterday it fell off. Needless to say I went without it for the ride home.
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Racer
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From: Irvine CA
Thread Starter
Racer
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 497
Likes: 204
From: Irvine CA
It should come on when you start your car. I put the blendmount Mirror tap in about two months ago. It actually was alot easier than I though it would be. I did use a small pick to push the wires over so I could get the little post to seat all the way down. My only mistake was not using loctite on the mounting screw for the Bracket. On the wat home from Vegas yesterday it fell off. Needless to say I went without it for the ride home.
Dan