MSefi.com read only forum (Jan.15,2018)

i have the pre-made harness from DIY. i'd like to pull a wire out of one slot, and put it in another.

i picked up a d-sub pin removal tool from radioshack:


i borrowed this picture from a similar post by "smelltheglove" showing the back of the harness: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/ ... C02368.jpg

i cannot figure out how to do this. it won't fit in the front end, and how can it go in the wire end?

thanks for any help.

one end is for inserting one for removal -- IIRC (Its been over 15yrs since I had to use one) ... the insertion end looks like a "C" when viewed from the end, the removal looks like an "O" with a slit in it.

Take the removal tool, and fit it over the wire you wish to remove (obviously this is on the "back" side of the connector) with the plastic end away from the connector. The tool should go completely around the wire. slide the tool into the connector, when it meets resistance carfully push ~ 1/8" more, now pull the wire out, or push the pin out with needle nose. If it doesn't come easy it is still locked and you need to insert the removal tool deeper. -- you may have to wiggle things around a bit.

I can't tell you how many of those things I've broken, but more than I have fingers.......

Good luck.

LEs

thx Les.

LeslieTroyer wrote:....
I can't tell you how many of those things I've broken, but more than I have fingers.......

chalk me up for one....

It's kind of wierd to use.
You have to work the wire into the closed end from the opening that is towards the plastic and then pull the tool up the wire until the wire is worked into the tube.
Then you can slide the tube back down the wire into the shell until you release the tabs. You should be able to pull on the wire and both should come out if the tabs are released.