Wire connectors

TurnipSpeed · Aug 7th, 2018, 16:14

Hi, hope this is not a silly question.
I am disconnecting the headlamp wiper motors on
My 940, and cannot get the connectors apart.
Do they just pull apart, or is there a lug or similar
that needs to be pushed first.
Silly question, but I don’t want to damage the
connectors with brute force, and some of the connectors
look heavy duty and complicated, and I am not
used to dismantling car electrics!
Thanks.

bob12 · Aug 7th, 2018, 18:25

It clips together one way only. On one side you are likely to see a small plastic clip that snaps over a little moulded stub. Lift it and wiggle ... easily. The plastic is likely to be brittle with age and the plug/electrical connector seized up. However, if you can spray some electrical cleaner on it (and leave to penetrate) that will help separate the two halves. It may be a long haul!

mrmeringo · Aug 9th, 2018, 00:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by TurnipSpeed

Hi, hope this is not a silly question.
I am disconnecting the headlamp wiper motors on
My 940, and cannot get the connectors apart.
Do they just pull apart, or is there a lug or similar
that needs to be pushed first.
Silly question, but I don’t want to damage the
connectors with brute force, and some of the connectors
look heavy duty and complicated, and I am not
used to dismantling car electrics!
Thanks.

You can just prise the bullet connectors out of the grey connector block, Tommy.

monkeh · Aug 9th, 2018, 11:35

2 pairs of channel lock pliers. Break off retaining clip and wiggle the plugs apart.

Aug 7th, 2018, 16:14	#1
TurnipSpeed TurnipSpeed Last Online: Jul 7th, 2023 15:53 Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Peterlee	Wire connectors Hi, hope this is not a silly question. I am disconnecting the headlamp wiper motors on My 940, and cannot get the connectors apart. Do they just pull apart, or is there a lug or similar that needs to be pushed first. Silly question, but I don’t want to damage the connectors with brute force, and some of the connectors look heavy duty and complicated, and I am not used to dismantling car electrics! Thanks.

Aug 9th, 2018, 11:35	#4
monkeh Pain in the backside Last Online: Today 12:05 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Newport	2 pairs of channel lock pliers. Break off retaining clip and wiggle the plugs apart. __________________ 'Designed by a computer, built by a robot, and driven by a f***ing nutter' '09 XC70 SE - 2" lift, D5 225bhp, poverty spec.

Aug 7th, 2018, 18:25	#2
bob12 bob12 Last Online: Today 18:44 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Woking	It clips together one way only. On one side you are likely to see a small plastic clip that snaps over a little moulded stub. Lift it and wiggle ... easily. The plastic is likely to be brittle with age and the plug/electrical connector seized up. However, if you can spray some electrical cleaner on it (and leave to penetrate) that will help separate the two halves. It may be a long haul!

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