Re-pinning connectors
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Re-pinning connectors
Greetings Folks,
My 86 4+3 overdrive relay has dropped a wire out of the connector. I need to know which pin extractor I need so I can remove the pin and reconnect it to the wire.
There is no room of course and no wire I can connect to to solder. I have go to pull this pin.
Thanks in advance.
Jazfe
My 86 4+3 overdrive relay has dropped a wire out of the connector. I need to know which pin extractor I need so I can remove the pin and reconnect it to the wire.
There is no room of course and no wire I can connect to to solder. I have go to pull this pin.
Thanks in advance.
Jazfe
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84 4+3,
Thanks for the link. It might work. I don't need to pull from the ECM connectors though. But the OD relay pins may be similar. I'll get my pin pushers out and see it one of them will do the job for me.
Thanks for the link. It might work. I don't need to pull from the ECM connectors though. But the OD relay pins may be similar. I'll get my pin pushers out and see it one of them will do the job for me.
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Sorry about that, I completely mis-read. I did de-pin my fan relay on my 84 which I believe is similar but, I think I just used a thin flat blade (for small parts/glasses) and felt around. I don't think my pins were in all the way because it came apart quite easily. Sorry!
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The connector is a Pack-Con 1 I believe and a Delphi 12094429 or 12094430 would be a correct depinning tool for those terminals.
An image that you should be able to visually duplicate for the either
https://www.waytekwire.com/item/424/...Removal-Tool-/
If you needed terminals I believe you could find locally. My local NAPA generally has these for various wire gauges.
An image that you should be able to visually duplicate for the either
https://www.waytekwire.com/item/424/...Removal-Tool-/
If you needed terminals I believe you could find locally. My local NAPA generally has these for various wire gauges.
Last edited by WVZR-1; Jan 28, 2022 at 08:36 AM.
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WVZR-1,
Your depth of knowledge is amazing. The name of the connector sure helps.
My car has the usual wire insulation creep away from the connectors. Now that I know how to get the pins out I can rework the wires.
Thanks so much everyone for your posts.
Edit: I didn't have any luck at my local Napa store but I did find this online - CustomConnectorKits.com
Looks like they have just about any electrical connector end you would need.
Your depth of knowledge is amazing. The name of the connector sure helps.
My car has the usual wire insulation creep away from the connectors. Now that I know how to get the pins out I can rework the wires.
Thanks so much everyone for your posts.
Edit: I didn't have any luck at my local Napa store but I did find this online - CustomConnectorKits.com
Looks like they have just about any electrical connector end you would need.
Last edited by jazfe; Jan 29, 2022 at 11:40 AM. Reason: addition
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If you wanted you could cut back the 'creep', use some 3/64, 1/16, 3/32 or 1/8 'high quality' heat shrink to 'sleeve' over the deteriorating insulation and actually clean it up a lot. New terminals should be an easy find locally. A friend does this for most early/mid eighty GMs that have similar issues. Very 'high quality' heat shrink in 3' length is generally an easy find. Clear so that the original insulation is still visible, he doesn't do but he was asked to!!
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