Thread: Removing wires

Scotch locks...............NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO O

The yellow plastic centre is the locking clip. That will pop out the a jewellers screwdriver. Once its out you should be able to see that on side of the terminal holder has a small hole that you can push another small screw driver into to release the locking tab on the terminal to remove and replace it. You will most likely need a special pair of crimpers to properly crimp the new terminal.

If you crimp it with normal pliers i would recommend soldering it so you have a positive connnection. Be careful you dont throw two much solder at it and make it impossible to get the contact back in.

Oh and the scotch lock is the red abomination clamped around the wire. Thats probably the start of you corrosion issues.

Get rid of it and crimp/solder into the wire and heatshrink it (fill the heatshrink with waterproofing grease) and you wont have anymore dramas

Luke

to do it properly you need the wurth electrical connectors crimping kit....

for those of us with not quite enough money to purchase a space shuttle the screwdriver works well and I found a kit at either dicksmiths or jaycar that had a set of pry tools and assorted drivers for working on mobile phones and watches which is excellent value for this kind of work. its got about 15 pieces in it and 2 handles. as its now rests as shrapnel in the bottom of one of my tool bags no ,I cant get you a part number for the kit.

as for the crimping that can be done with a pair of fine needle nosed pliers .3mm 60/40 solder is the go if you want any shot at soldering the pins and sockets with any hope of getting them back in the plug.

the actual pins and sockets are available from places like blackwoods and wurth and at something like $10-15 for a 100 bag arent too bad value.

Thanks for your replies. I was going to have a go at it this weekend but my alternator has given up the ghost. Since I have to go to an auto electrician anyway I mgiht as well get him to do it at the same time. How convenient is that?!

Originally Posted by crl

Thanks for your replies. I was going to have a go at it this weekend but my alternator has given up the ghost. Since I have to go to an auto electrician anyway I mgiht as well get him to do it at the same time. How convenient is that?!

Why not take on the alternator as a project for yourself? If you're replacing it, it's a couple of hours work, requires very few tools - there are pleny of tutorials here to show you how to do it.