Connector HELL
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Melting Slicks
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From: Conejo Valley CA
Connector HELL
I am somewhat embarassed to ask this question, but here it goes...
There are tons of electrical connectors on the C5. Some have only 4 wires or less and some have 20 wires or more. During the course of repair work, it is quite often necessary to pry them apart. Yet, there is always some @#$%& plastic latching mechanism that that makes it a nightmare to pry them apart and this latching mechanism varies with different connectors.
I've spent as long as 20 minutes trying to pry connectors apart. Others I can't even figure out. Is there some is there some special tool out there or a procedure one uses to pry them apart?? Or maybe a set of special GM tools for the various different connectors found on the C5?
Thanks,
Matt
There are tons of electrical connectors on the C5. Some have only 4 wires or less and some have 20 wires or more. During the course of repair work, it is quite often necessary to pry them apart. Yet, there is always some @#$%& plastic latching mechanism that that makes it a nightmare to pry them apart and this latching mechanism varies with different connectors.
I've spent as long as 20 minutes trying to pry connectors apart. Others I can't even figure out. Is there some is there some special tool out there or a procedure one uses to pry them apart?? Or maybe a set of special GM tools for the various different connectors found on the C5?
Thanks,
Matt
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From: Carson City, NV
I am somewhat embarassed to ask this question, but here it goes...
There are tons of electrical connectors on the C5. Some have only 4 wires or less and some have 20 wires or more. During the course of repair work, it is quite often necessary to pry them apart. Yet, there is always some @#$%& plastic latching mechanism that that makes it a nightmare to pry them apart and this latching mechanism varies with different connectors.
I've spent as long as 20 minutes trying to pry connectors apart. Others I can't even figure out. Is there some is there some special tool out there or a procedure one uses to pry them apart?? Or maybe a set of special GM tools for the various different connectors found on the C5?
Thanks,
Matt
There are tons of electrical connectors on the C5. Some have only 4 wires or less and some have 20 wires or more. During the course of repair work, it is quite often necessary to pry them apart. Yet, there is always some @#$%& plastic latching mechanism that that makes it a nightmare to pry them apart and this latching mechanism varies with different connectors.
I've spent as long as 20 minutes trying to pry connectors apart. Others I can't even figure out. Is there some is there some special tool out there or a procedure one uses to pry them apart?? Or maybe a set of special GM tools for the various different connectors found on the C5?
Thanks,
Matt
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I see 3 different connectors on some of the service manual pictures, I am sure there are more.
1 is a lift and pull
1 is a push down and pull
1 is a pull the pin and then push and pull.
In layman's terms
1 is a lift and pull
1 is a push down and pull
1 is a pull the pin and then push and pull.
In layman's terms
Racer
Joined: Jan 2007
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From: Bolton Ontario
I think someone devoted all of their time just too see how many connectors they could come up with
Rick
