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Omega Help Area => Omega Electrical and Audio Help => Topic started by: Ahermann on 17 December 2011, 22:27:04

Title: early mid to newer mid... simple to change or?
Post by: Ahermann on 17 December 2011, 22:27:04
hello i have a omega 2.0 16v from 1997 that has the "early" mid computer and of course it has just half the pixels left..(lol)
i am planning to get a new one and i wonder if it is possible to mount the new type of mid instead of the old one?...


by the way..i read in a topic that mid only came in german or english..that it not true as omegas here in norway came with swedish text...
Title: Re: early mid to newer mid... simple to change or?
Post by: TheBoy on 18 December 2011, 09:20:45
its a case of slightly modifying the wiring and the plug at the back.

if you have a wiring diagram, should be fairly trivial
Title: Re: early mid to newer mid... simple to change or?
Post by: Ahermann on 18 December 2011, 09:29:46
any ide where to find the diagram then? and i guess it is importent to get a plug for the new display wit some wireing attached..
there isnt anybody that has made a konverter cable? with 2 plugs in one end and the one plug in the other end?
Title: Re: early mid to newer mid... simple to change or?
Post by: TheBoy on 18 December 2011, 09:54:06
Quote from: Ahermann on 18 December 2011, 09:29:46
any ide where to find the diagram then? and i guess it is importent to get a plug for the new display wit some wireing attached..
there isnt anybody that has made a konverter cable? with 2 plugs in one end and the one plug in the other end?
never seen converter cable.  I think the individual pins can be removed from yellow and black plugs and slipped straight into the grey plug housing.

Haynes, from ebay, has the wiring diags for both
Title: Re: early mid to newer mid... simple to change or?
Post by: Ahermann on 18 December 2011, 12:09:11
haynes books?
if that is the case i guess i would need to find a grey plug then
Title: Re: early mid to newer mid... simple to change or?
Post by: TheBoy on 18 December 2011, 13:14:03
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vauxhall-Opel-Omega-Service-and-Repair-Manual-Haynes-S-/200676979851?_trksid=p4340.m185&_trkparms=algo%3DDLSL%252BSIC.NPJS%26its%3DI%252BP%26itu%3DUCI%252BUA%26otn%3D10%26pmod%3D200612597939%26po%3D%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D4977850995005403874

Although, not at that price!!  Often come up, 2nd hand, for a fiver (5 GBP)
Title: Re: early mid to newer mid... simple to change or?
Post by: Ahermann on 18 December 2011, 13:26:30
ahh well i wont need to buy it as i allready has it..just didnt remember to have seen the diagrams ...i will look it up.. thanks alot
Title: Re: early mid to newer mid... simple to change or?
Post by: TheBoy on 18 December 2011, 13:37:15
Quote from: Ahermann on 18 December 2011, 13:26:30
ahh well i wont need to buy it as i allready has it..just didnt remember to have seen the diagrams ...i will look it up.. thanks alot
Chapter 12, there are 2 lots of diagrams, 'Early cars' (94-97) and 'Later cars' (98-99)

So you have the wiring and pinouts for early and late MIDs :D
Title: Re: early mid to newer mid... simple to change or?
Post by: Ahermann on 18 December 2011, 15:15:23
i also read that you might have to alter things as language and motor type and so on with computer...tech 2
would any tech2 cable work? and is there anything special programs and so on?
Title: Re: early mid to newer mid... simple to change or?
Post by: TheBoy on 18 December 2011, 18:53:55
Quote from: Ahermann on 18 December 2011, 15:15:23
i also read that you might have to alter things as language and motor type and so on with computer...tech 2
would any tech2 cable work? and is there anything special programs and so on?
Correct, unless you get the one with correct config on.

*MUST* be the genuine Tech2 (about €4,000), not the shiity leads on ebay with a name of tech2
Title: Re: early mid to newer mid... simple to change or?
Post by: Ahermann on 18 December 2011, 22:42:01
well i guess that my lokal opel service has such equipment.....