Fitted the reversing camera.
I used the Garmin reversing camera rescued from the Niseko and followed the same fitting procedure to install the extra wiring to use 12V power from the reverse lamp for the camera, or any other wireless camera. I’ve also tee-d off a power connector for the parking sensors, but that can wait for another post.
Power output to the slim extra umbilical cable shown here, with a standard 5.5/2.1mm barrel connector if the boot lid ever needed to to be removed. Now two pairs in it; the original Brake and Ground, and new Reverse and Ground.
Power taken from the reverse lamp connector as before.
I didn’t show how to extract the contacts from the lamp connector before.
Contacts look like this, note the little dimples or notches.
Contact holder looks like this. Simply push a small jeweller’s screwdriver (0.5mm x 2mm blade) between latch and contact, and the latch moves towards the centre of the holder to release the contact
