I reciently "updated" a mold I had made for making ALDL connectors to hook my laptop to the car. If anyone is interested in them I can make them to order. I am figuring I can make maybe 10 with my current stock of materials (possibly a few more).
The connectors have brass pins, a solid molded body and use a 15 pin high density sub D female connector on the cable end. All 12 pins (ALDL) will be wired to the sub D so they can be used in any OBD 1 (U.S.) configuration, you will just need a 15 pin male sub D wired to your cable, or if you need I can supply one with the ALDL connector.

I am figuring it will cost around $15 per to make them (with the male 15 pin included)
Below is a picture of one.

 

If I didn't have one already I would place an order. Try and do it for as little as possible. $15 isn't high but it's not cheap either. I forget what I paid for the auto-xray one but it was in the low 20's at the time. Then again for $15 it saves enough time that I can see it resonable enough. How many are you going to make?

 

I plan to make as many as my current stock of materials will allow. If there is a good response I'll make more.
The $15 is mostly to cover the sub D connectors, they run about $4.99 at RaidoShack. The brass is cheap but the resin I cast them from can get expensive depending on what I use and where I get it.
It takes about 2 hours to make one of them with my current setup.

 

Ah, well forget the sub-d connectors. I've got plenty of them. How much for just the aldl connector .

 

Is the 15 pin high density sub D a standard or did you 'invent' it?

I like the idea but from experience I know that it is difficult to solder the high density connector.

I would think that the DIY-guy would like the 15 pin standard density sub D better. ( Joystick connector ). It is much better room for the soldering iron.

 

I use the sub D because it's base is just about the same size as the body of my connector.
The 15 pin high density sub D is a standard VGA connector.
Soldering the connector isn't too bad, I only use the outside rows of pins and one pin on either end of the middle row, makes it much easier to do.

 

Well, the sub D is molded into the body of the ALDL connector. I have a slightly different design that I can make. It is just the connector with 12 wires coming out of the back that you can splice into your cable however you like.
I like the look of the one with the sub D, it just looks better and more "professional".
The latter one I have made with female pins sticking out the top side for a 10k ohm resistor to plug into. That design doesn't have the shroud around it to help align the plug as you connect it to the ALDL though. The resistor pins make it too difficult to fit a shroud around it.

 

The Joystick type D-sub is only 5/16 inch wider than the VGA connector. From your picture is does not seem like it would be too big.

 

It would, the metal flange that runs around it would over hang the ends of my connector. As it is the sub D I use comes almost flush with the ends.