Any one know where I can find those pins that are used in the door jam connector on a 348? Who are they made by? Thanks.
From memory they are a type of AMP connector. I have a little tool which you use to push the pins out. In the UK you would buy the bits from a company like RS Components http://uk.rs-online.com/web/ Sorry can't help in the USA.
I found identical connectors in the bottom tool box so they must be a standard type connector of some kind.I havent got the special tool though so had to butcher the old ones to get them out lol!
I can't believe it. I actually got off my backside and found that little tool. Here you go: http://uk.rs-online.com/web/search/searchBrowseAction.html?method=searchProducts&searchTerm=305183 Essential if you don't want to butcher those door connectors. Looks like these *might* be the replacement pins http://uk.rs-online.com/web/search/searchBrowseAction.html?method=searchProducts&searchTerm=163086-1 HTH Neil
Thanks to Ernie, Neil, and T. Jones at SportAuto. You guys were right about the broken wires in the connector between the door and the Jam (inner fender). Neil the part numbers you gave me I cross referenced them to an Electrical component supply house here in the states. What happens to the wires that are crimped in the pins in the twist lock connector is the constant strain and movement of opening the doors pulls the wire out of the pin or breaks the wire due to poor quality crimps on installation. Looking at my car it appears that they stripped too much of the insulation off the wire before crimping the connection on. So I guess on some failures a piece of the pin breaks if it's crimped right or the wire breaks if they missed the insulation. Anyway, I fixed the problem in about 30 minutes. 10 minutes to get the stuff/tools you need to repair it and 20 minutes to do the actual work. I found both gauge pins and the extractor tool from Amp in the Newark catalog. The crimp tools are big dollars so I opted to solder the connections. The pins are 50 and 75 cents the extractor is $12.00 and you can't do the job without it. I had the parts in my hand in two days. I did some photos and will write it up then pass it on to NODOUBT if anyone thinks it worth the effort. Otherwise contact me for the part numbers of what is needed. I re-crimped (soldered) new connectors on wires that I thought were about to break, the thing that is bad on some of the crimps that they did was that they stripped the wire back too far which exposes bare wire to adjacent connections.... hate to think about that failure mode. )
I used a needle point scrall to push the pins out, reopened the pin where the wire had been crimped, soldered wire on then used a glue gun and put hot glue around all the wires to keep any of them from touching and to help on stress.of course all is covered by endd caps and wire loom.
