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Those are one piece connectors. They don't come apart. You can remove the wire and lug by using a thin piece of shim stock pushed along side of the lug. Kind of a PITA job but I have done it a number of times. Most times you can't find new lugs that fit the connector so you have to reuse the old ones, even more of a PITA.
Those are one piece connectors. They don't come apart. You can remove the wire and lug by using a thin piece of shim stock pushed along side of the lug. Kind of a PITA job but I have done it a number of times. Most times you can't find new lugs that fit the connector so you have to reuse the old ones, even more of a PITA.
I have this nifty little tool but still wont come apart
Get some needle nose pliers.
Reach into the turn signal end of the connector, and grab the end of the brass connector and pull, one by one. The male ends you are grabbing, have no tang, to my recollection, only the female ends do, which keeps them in the plastic housing.
Doug
I have this nifty little tool but still wont come apart
The lug has a little protruding punch out that catches the plastic lip inside the connector. You normally have to enter the connector from the opposite side that the lug is installed from. You should be able to look into the connector and see what you need to do. You can also slide a small, very thin screw drive in and flatten the lug so it will pass the connector lip. PITA
To remove the wire on the switch side, pull on the wire termianl with a needle noose pliers and it will pull out of the connector.
Here is the 'tool' I use, just an old small bladed screwdriver that I ground down thin at the end.
Now while pushing the wire into the connector, insert the flat thin screwdriver into the slot until it bottoms, sometimes you have to slightly turn the screwdriver to disengage the tang. The red arrow is the slot and the black arrows are the tang.
Before inserting back into the connector I gently bend the tang up slightly. Just push it into the connector making sure the tang is in the slot until you hear a click.
Now insert the male teminal/wire completely into the female connector.
Last edited by plaidside; Jul 17, 2017 at 07:28 PM.
Reason: Change picture
Thanks for all the good info and pics. Here's what my 58 male connecters look like.
Reno
Those are like the ones I found with my LL rear body harness. If I recall, I just plugged them into the connector from the dash harness that is shown in the photo below.
Based on the wire colors you show, I think you are looking at the same connection.
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