Thread: How do you remove female connector from multipin plug?

If you look very closely there should be a small tag on the connector that will need to be pushed back in line to allow the connector to back out of the plastic housing.

You will need a very fine but strong metal "pick" to push the tag back.

Hey....so, if I have the plug in my hand, and its the yellow one as per the post below, am i looking from the back of the plug, where the wires enter, or the front, where the male flat pins from the ecu enter?

I think you would be looking into the plug where it plugs into the ECU, not the back where the wires go.

If you look between the metal of the connector and the plastic of the housing you should hopefully be able to see what I am talking about.

I am assuming that the ECU plugs are the same as just about every other automotive electrical connector I have seen.

Originally Posted by BigJon

I think you would be looking into the plug where it plugs into the ECU, not the back where the wires go.

If you look between the metal of the connector and the plastic of the housing you should hopefully be able to see what I am talking about.

I am assuming that the ECU plugs are the same as just about every other automotive electrical connector I have seen.

My father would NOT be proud....

being impatient, I clipped the whole plug off so I didnt have to contort myself. Having now got one out, it has tabs on both sides. Having a look at it, I would bet there is a $5 set of special tweezers which allow you to do this easily....