Re: IAC connector?
Lon Stowell wrote:
> Will Honea wrote: >> DougW wrote: >> >>> jmaki wrote: >>>> I cracked the connector for the idle air control motor on the >>>> wiring harness side - 2000 TJ 4.0 L. It still works okay but the >>>> retaining tab and half of the weather shielding is missing, so I'm >>>> sure it'll give me trouble later. Does anyone know where I can >>>> find a replacement connector? I'm assuming the Jeep dealer will >>>> want to sell me a whole wiring harness for $$$$... If nothing >>>> else I'm sure I can cobble something together but it would be nice >>>> to find the right connector. >>> Call your local dealer and see if they sell a splice kit for >>> that connector. Junk yards are usually unwilling to part with bits >>> of a harness unless most of it was crisped in a fire. If the >>> connector still looks like mine (and I suspect it does) then you >>> could find one from any one the Jeep 4.0 engines. >>> http://revbeergoggles.com/tb/tb.html >>> >>> Possibly these folks. (888) 528-2200 >>> http://www.chryslerpartsdirect.com/ >> >> GM also used a lot of those connectors - try one of the local GM >> dealers if Chrysler doesn't work out. If you can get the shell, the >> pins from the old one will slip right in - but you'll probably have >> to destroy the old on to get them out. Without the (expensive) >> removal tool, they are a bear to pull out. >> > > Flat style connector pins can usually be pulled by a home made tool > from a hunk of piano wire. Whack the heck out of the wire on an > anvil or similar hard surface [e.g. brother in laws head] and then > file and polish it down to a nice flat area a couple inches long you > can poke in to release the little latch on the side. > > The round ones are harder, but you can make a removal tool from a hunk > of hobby steel tubing. > > Or just buy a couple of the commercial connector removal tools from an > online electrical supply shop. I've got a set of tools I made a long time ago. You just need a nice strong beercan as donor metal. Cut a small patch out (about 1/4" by 1") and roll it around a bit of coathanger wire, then cut off the extra so you get a C shape. Sometimes you can use a scratch awl as the form. -- DougW |
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