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56D500boy
Posted 2021-01-17 2:39 PM (#607815)
Subject: Hints for removing a female connector from a single connector housing?



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This connector is involved in the wiring to my 56 Dodge's flasher socket. It is a shrouded female socket, i.e. the connector inside is "hot" (with switched power) and it is shrouded/insulated by a bakelite connector housing.

I have experience with similar connectors on 93-94 Audis (my former passion and one of my current cars (no pun intended)) and, with them, there are small tines on the sides of the connectors that, if you push them in, away from the housing side-walls, the connector can be pulled out of the housing. I have been trying to do that with this 56 Dodge connector with two paper clips and two jeweller's screwdrivers (one on each side of the connector) but I have not been successful. I could buy a new connector but that is too easy. I would rather reuse this OE connector but I need to get it out to properly solder a wire to the connector.

Any hints to get the connector out of the housing?

This is the beast:



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Steve1956
Posted 2021-01-17 4:25 PM (#607818 - in reply to #607815)
Subject: RE: Hints for removing a female connector from a single connector housing?


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I am also following this thread. I am currently attempting to remove the wiring harness intact from my 1956 Dodge Custom Royal. I even found one of these in the headlining. Steve



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56D500boy
Posted 2021-01-17 4:54 PM (#607821 - in reply to #607818)
Subject: RE: Hints for removing a female connector from a single connector housing?



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Steve1956 - 2021-01-17 1:25 PM
I am also following this thread. I am currently attempting to remove the wiring harness intact from my 1956 Dodge Custom Royal. I even found one of these in the headlining. Steve


Steve: If you happened to take photos of the routing of the wires above the headliner, please email them to me. My right front door switch does not make the dome light come on. Not sure what the issue is.

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56D500boy
Posted 2021-01-17 6:01 PM (#607822 - in reply to #607815)
Subject: RE: Hints for removing a female connector from a single connector housing?



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Never mind. I "figured" it out. LOL.

Consulted my gear head/fabricator neighbour and he suggested that I just pound it out from the wire end. Has to work.

Well, not really. See below.

But the result is that I would never have figure this out. That was a male wire connector that somehow was loosely connected to two copper things that turned the male into a female. That's just wrong.

Plan B: Glue the bakelite bits together and use the result as a cover for new female connector.

Plan C: New modern shielded female connector.

In both cases, the wire that takes power to the signal light switch has a male spade connector (like the transvestite one in the female connector) and plugs into this connector.

Coffee break.



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LD3 Greg
Posted 2021-01-17 8:13 PM (#607825 - in reply to #607815)
Subject: RE: Hints for removing a female connector from a single connector housing?


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Rhode Island wiring has those male (spade) terminals in stock. I had to use them for 57 Chrysler headlight switches for example. The best news is that the 57 model year got rid of almost all that junk!

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56D500boy
Posted 2021-01-17 9:49 PM (#607830 - in reply to #607822)
Subject: RE: Hints for removing a female connector from a single connector housing?



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56D500boy - 2021-01-17 3:01 PM
Plan B: Glue the bakelite bits together and use the result as a cover for new female connector.
Plan C: New modern shielded female connector.


Turns out that the OE male connector that took power from the flasher socket via this now broken external connector is wider than any female connector that I have/know about.

I tried trimming the OE connector with side cutters but I couldn't get it narrow enough for the female connectors that I have.

I lost patience and just went with Plan C: A shielded pair of male and female connectors that do exactly the same thing as the bakelite housing and its hermaphrodite connector.

Tested. Works. Now to put everything back together.



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LD3 Greg
Posted 2021-01-17 10:07 PM (#607831 - in reply to #607815)
Subject: RE: Hints for removing a female connector from a single connector housing?


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Rhode Island wiring has those male (spade) terminals in stock. I had to use them for 57 Chrysler headlight switches for example. The best news is that the 57 model year got rid of almost all that junk!

Greg
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