anyone familiar with electrical connectors?

sharksanddanger

sharksanddanger

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I bought a motor to put in my truck and the harness than came with it is kind of chewed up, I've had the motor for awhile now and just took the ECU plug out to find this. I'm trying to figure out how to get the pins out so I can swap plugs. I can locate a plug in the salvage yard but not an entire engine harness. It looks like the white pieces slide out and then the pins can come out but I'm not having any luck. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advance!

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I wish you had a better picture of that last pic. However, it looks like a style I've dealt with in the past. Basically, there is a small hole above each hole that recieves a pin. This is how you release each individual wire. Get a small, stiff piece of wire or a pick and stick it in that hole, then gently press down on what's inside while wiggling the corresponding wire in and out. The pick should depress a tang that pops up when the connector is inserted into the housing, allowing it to come out. Good luck getting them all back in the right place!
 
looks like a gm connecter it takes a small pic like tool to remove them I probably have one just need to look at it up close. Im in kernersville pm me and I will see if I can help you.
 
The posters above are right on. I used to design these types of connectors. Here's a pic of a large rectangular power blade connector showing the cavity without the blade. You need to depress that latch so you can pull the terminal out the back. Your connector appears to have 3 holes per cavity. My pic has all 3 holes "blended" into one "I" shape or sideways "H". The hole with the lead-in chamfer is for the mating pin. The middle one should be the tool access hole, the bottom is required for the molding process to form the latch.

Sometimes a wedge piece is used to fill the gaps under all the latches so the wires can't be forcibly pulled out; its hard to see if yours has one or what that white piece is.
Good luck, once you get the hang of it, it isnt terribly difficult, but I wouldnt want to do all 128 or whatever that mess is! I hope there's at least a few #'s molded in the connector to help you label the wires.
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