Hopefully this link will work. I have an 86 vette and i took the dash out to replace the heater core and to replace a burnt wire on my cluster. My question is how do remove the wire that attaches to the clip (then clip goes into cluster). If your looking at the cluster with bezel removed you see two clusters of wires going into the digital cluster. My problem is with the black wire located on the top cluster of wires. Its location is on the bottom of the top cluster of wires. I believe its a ground because as i followed the wire it seems to go into a crimp with about 5 or 6 other black wires. The wire seemed to have been burnt off. I had a small car fire awhile ago so i think thats when it got shocked or something. I cant separate the little wire from the wire clip that holds all the wires together. I have a little screw driver but i dont know how make the little wire come so i can replace it. HOpe fully the images come through.

 

What you are looking at is a splice in the ground circuit. You will have to cut out the damaged wire and splice in new wire.

 

Thanks for the info on the wire splice! i will do that as soon as i get the little wire clip out of the cluster so i can replace the wire. Any ideas on how to prop that little wire metal clip out on the first picture? If you look closely you can see a little bit of the wire sticking out of the bottom of the top wire clip that goes into the cluster. There seems to be some lock device not allowing me to pull this little wire out.

 

I believe there is a way to remove it. I removed a lead like this one out of a Caprice cluster connector. It's similar to the ones that are connected to the ECM. I think I used a needle, I'll have to look at the process again since I have a harness that has the type of connector you're looking to replace. I may even be able to remove a similar connector and attached black wire. If you want to PM or email me I can follow up via email.

Art

 

In the picture it appears you have already removed the gray and blue retainers that are part of the large and small connectors. Please confirm this. Removing the retainers is the first step in removing the pin and wire from the connector. If you face the pin side of the connector toward you (the side that plugs into the cluster), you will observe the connector pins inside the small square holes. If you insert a needle or other small tool into the square hole and push toward the back of the connector (or toward the wire) you will move the pin's tang away from the connector allowing you to remove the wire and pin from the back of the connector. Don't insert the needle between the connector pin and the side of the square hole closest to the pin. Insert the needle in the larger square opening. It doesn't take much effort to move the tang but you may have to feel for it depending on the size of the needle or tool you're using. You can buy the tool for a few bucks at most parts stores. The tool also includes other types of retainer pin removal tools on it. It looks like a pinwheel. Just a very slight pull on the wire (in your case, the burnt end of the wire or pin with needle-nose pliers) while pushing the needle into the connector is all that is required for it to be released. These type connectors are found all over junk yards especially at the ECM. If you'd rather not look for one I can probably find one in my wiring stuff. I really don't want to hack one of my harnesses, but I might have another connector in my stash. It's not really important what color wire you put back in there as long as it's the correct gauge and you flag it as a black wire and splice back to the grounds you show in the second pic. I wouldn't mess with the clip holding the bundle of black wire's . Just cut it further up the harness so you can splice the new wire onto the old. I crimp, solder, and then heat shrink my wires so they are not going to come apart and cause a future problem. I use barrel connectors found at an electrical supply. You can find the correct gauge connector that is non-insulated. However, if the wire is completely burned out of the clipped bundle of black wires you can probably just bridge onto another larger black wire. I would still solder it on and tape over the solder splice. I'd then tape over the wire and bundle of black wired for extra protection.

Art