Early Mk2 In-car Serial

I am about to solder up the serial connector on my docking cage 'cause a couple of the wires have pulled out of the docking connector, and wondered if I should actually swap out the serial cable itself as a few people have mentioned that the early Mk2s didn't have all the connections they should have in the serial connector. Is this worth doing? What connections should I add? (I think I read somewhere that the shell on the connector should have a ground added for use with laptops etc.)

I also noticed that the current cable isn't shielded, and was thinking perhaps a shielded replacement might be a good idea ....


(list 6284, Mk1 S/N 00299 4GB blue [for sale]. Mk2 S/N 080000094 6GB blue)

You could run an extra wire from the serial shield to the cage. Or use "my solution".
To prevent the wires to get pulled out of the docking connector add a tie-rap together with the serial cable to a steady part of your dashboard. I actually have all wires from the cage tie-rapped to the dashboard.

Edwin de Vaan
mk2 rev.7 Trillian # 080000263 6Gb blue/red