Coil pack retaining clip
Instructor
Joined: Mar 2018
Posts: 222
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From: Fountain Hills, AZ
This https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail...rrencycode=USD
I had the same problem. I was able to get the locking tab out of the new connector without damaging it and just put it into my existing connector. Best $1.43 (plus shipping) I've ever spent! Took about 5 minutes. I actually ordered 2 just in case I had a problem. Now I have a backup just in case it ever happens again. Hope this helps.
I had the same problem. I was able to get the locking tab out of the new connector without damaging it and just put it into my existing connector. Best $1.43 (plus shipping) I've ever spent! Took about 5 minutes. I actually ordered 2 just in case I had a problem. Now I have a backup just in case it ever happens again. Hope this helps.
Safety Car
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 4,231
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From: Maryland
Looks like its a pull up deal at the end of the red clip and is it suppose to come up some or completely out?
Instructor
Joined: Mar 2018
Posts: 222
Likes: 138
From: Fountain Hills, AZ
The red tab is just the locking mechanism on the connector. You gently pull the red tab up and it should stop. If it comes out, it is damaged. Once you pull up the red tab, the connector can be pulled off of the coil pack. After you re-install the connector onto the coil pack with the red tab in the up position, you push down on the red tab to lock the connector onto the coil pack.
Race Director
Joined: Mar 2001
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From: Bonneville Salt Flats
Actually, I've found to my surprise that my little podunk GM dealer Parts Department is remarkably helpful for many such factory odds and ends. They have lots of plastic bins of such stuff. They stack them on the counter, and I go through 'em. The help brings out more if I finish one stack and need to continue. The catch, of course, is with new pieces; it takes a while to stock such. Just another idea in a pinch. 
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