: [s-cars] Coil rebuild

[Tom Green]

The 3 and 4 pin connectors have a small box inside the large connector
housing that has a simple tab release.  Then the box just opens to 
remove
the pins.   The small paperclip works good when you have seen the barbs
you want to release outside the connector housing.   It is not 
difficult in a
well-lighted comfortable environment if you are not in a hurry and don't
have a tool crib.  Patience and care with the plastic housing is the 
key.

The release tool was used to gage the old pin size also.  Handy, but 
hard
to justify the price for a single use.

Perhaps I could get a tour of the TRW? tool crib sometime? :-)

Tom '95 S6,  wishing for new tools.


On May 1, 2005, at 12:31 AM, Keith Maddock wrote:

>  Tom Green <trgreen at comcast.net> wrote:
>> They are AMP connectors
> (snip)
>> You can
>> release the pins without the pricey tool if you are patient and 
>> observe
>> how the
>> pins lock in place.
>
> We use a lot of AMP connectors on our vehicles.   IIRC, you can make a
> pin releasing tool by taking a paperclip and grinding it down a bit on
> a belt or rotary grinder :-D  This is handy if you have to work on a
> wiring harness after the tool crib is closed for the day ;-)  Using
> the correct tools makes working with these connectors a real breeze
> though.
>
> Cheers,
> Keith
>