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Old Aug 5, 2025 | 12:10 AM
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Anybody know how to get a wire out of this plug so it can be repaired and reinstalled?

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Old Aug 5, 2025 | 12:32 AM
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Determine who manufactured the connector and order the correct insertion and extraction tool.
The specialty tools are usually cheap, and worth every penny.
Someone may chime in with the manufacturer’s name.
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Old Aug 5, 2025 | 02:13 AM
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Those look to be a Male terminal.
To remove the terminal from the connector housing dig some of that hardened dried out sealant from the cell.
Then press the wire end into the cavity some.
From the front side of the connector housing, with a small flat bladed screwdriver bend the section of the terminal (Red Arrow) in some...
It just need to bent in enough so the locking portion of the terminal clears.
Then simply pull the wire and terminal out of the housing...
There are part numbers for these Male terminals depending on wire gauge sizes...
This is an example of a Male terminal Series 56 for gauge wire between #16-#14...


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Old Aug 5, 2025 | 05:40 AM
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small flat screwdriver will work.:

Last edited by BKarol; Aug 5, 2025 at 05:57 AM.
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Old Aug 5, 2025 | 07:13 AM
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Thanks guys you make what seems like an impossible job easy
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Just a FYI when ordering new terminals:
You may find both Series 56 and Series 59 terminals in the Bulkhead connectors.
Series 59 is 5/16" in width and Series 56 is 1/4" in width...
Series 59 Left terminal...
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Where can I get new terminals if I can’t use the old one?
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My suggestion, use new terminals...
Here is one listing on e-bay for 1ea #18, #16-#14 & a #12, but make sure your terminal is Series 56 (1/4")...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/36243788303...Bk9SR9iSs6WPZg
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Thanks again I was able to use the old terminal, no worries
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For future reference, Google: Aptiv (formally Delphi) 56 Series terminals/connectors, or Packard 56 Series terminals/connectors, or Mouser Electronics for 56 Series terminals/connectors.
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