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Fibre Optic looms

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demonx:
Thanks for that nifty.

I'm starting to think that I may be better off trying to repair what is there rather than replace the whole lot.

I have approx 30 cm length missing from the rear loom and a similar length missing from the front. I guess I'll have to trial and error to find out which piece connects to which.

The way I was planning on that was to simply shine a torch into the lens and then have someone at the other end label which optic it is, then repeat this process for the dash lens and match them up. If anyone has a better idea I'm all ears.  

Reklaw:
I pulled this off a US Forum on the same subject. It's a little old (2005 from memory), but if local sources don't fix the problem, you might try these guys.
http://www.watsons-streetworks.com/fiberoptic.html

WARFARIN:
Alan,
Got any mates that are sparky's working for a big company? Most of them do comms and would have both the light source and viewer.
What you described is exactly how its done only with a little more engineering. The viewer is magnified so you can see the surface of the cut end. It's a long time since I was involved in this stuff. But I seem to remember the fibre was cut and the end polished before termination.
This Corvette fibre is probably a tube?? You could check that under a microscope? If you don't have one I do and would be happy to check it out for you. Particularly given Nifty's comment about pulling the copper out of a cable. Would only need 10mm of one core? There must be a solution in something very common!
Cheers
David

nifty:
that corvette projects link i posted shows how the bloke fixed his optics, mate bazz emailed him and got a bit more info....he didnt have anything to lose by having a go, and it worked out ok...give it a go... at worst its had it.....

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