Dirt Cheap DIY ALDL Cable for TBI

Sorry if this has already been done but I originally used this thread to make an aldl cable that worked but was clumsy and needed a separate cable to connect to my PC: http://www.gearhead-efi.com/Fuel-Inj...USB-ALDL-Cable. Well that thread was too long so I decided a new write up with all the info in the first page would be better. I also lost my original ALDL chip and had to figure out a different one, so here it is:

Found the FT232RL cable on ebay for $3.00 and only had to wait 9 days to get it from China
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Took the plastic cable end off:
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Popped open the USB end
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Clipped out all wires except the ground, RXD, and TXD
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Put the USB end back together with a few small dabs of superglue and then soldered the RXD & TXD wires together and the ground/blue wires and left a few wires to make the end stronger.
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Squished the connectors down a bit to fit into the ALDL port and added heat shrink and it works great
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Nice work.

The previous threads lost pictures and links to ebay parts were stale.