How to Disconnect Electrical Connectors GM/Chevy, Dodge/Chrysler, Ford, Honda
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- Опубликовано: 29 дек 2018
- How to Disconnect Electrical Connectors GM/Chevy, Dodge/Chrysler, Honda, Ford. Tips on how to disconnect electrical connectors on a variety of vehicles to make working on cars just a little bit easier.
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Every connector is different and each one has it's own special trick to disconnect it. This is why I usually destroy them. This is also why I have to drink beer in the morning.
Lol yea im hoping this video helps people avoid having to do that, maybe ur next beer will be for job well done🙂
Drinking one now for the same reasons.
Cheers! Right with you but I’m not working on the car today.
YESSss! !!! Broke the fuel line clip several times 🥃🥃
Just ride a bicycle instead
Dude, yours was the first 'how to disconnect auto electrical connectors' videos I clicked on, and you solved all my problems. Thanks buddy.
That's awesome:) always glad to help..thank you for ur support:)
This video is one of the most underrated videos ever. lol. I always pulled the tab "out" but always never realized to push in the middle tab to disconnect. Great video, thank you!
Thank you🙂
EXCELLENT VIDEO! 99% of videos tell you every detail of a repair that you can figure out yourself. The ONLY thing they don't show you is how to disconnect wire connectors. You can't see them, can barely reach them, they are old and VERY delicate, brittle & fragile! they are not replaceable...but they leave YOU to trial & error... And breakage!!! 🤬
Thanks so much for posting this video - You saved me and countless others from frustration, cursing, and bloody fingertips, never mind broken pried off connectors......
Just saved my life, Pal. Wish I'd found this earlier though, my thumb wouldn't be bleeding so much
Wow, this video is just what the doctor ordered. I am sure I would have broken a few plastic tabs before I figured out these locking connectors. Thanks so much for this video with clear and good photography too
So glad to be able to help🙂 thank you
Thanks for a great selection of different types of disconnect mechanisms. These are always a pain, because no matter how many you come across, I always seem to find another type. When they are difficult to see, and must be done by feel only, they can drive me nuts. I have one right now, on my Land Rover LR2's throttle body, that has held me up for an hour. Hopefully it is similar to the throttle body you show here... we will see.
BTW there is another one I came across on this job that I had never seen before: A wire "bail". It didn't pivot, pull out, snap off... you actually had to push it IN to release it... totally counter-intuitive. I think there is a special branch of automotive engineering just for these mechanisms, in which only the most insidious and cruel minds are employed.
Hopefully it is similar to it, good luck...Yea if i come across another variety of different clips that can make a complete video ill make another
I would surmise they are all Democrats.
If it is counterintuitive, only the dealer gets the training so you can only go to the dealer. If you try to do it yourself without knowing how to do it, then you break the connector leading to frustration so that next time you just have the dealer do it.
Thank you so much for this video on how to disconnect electrical connectors… It’s such a simple topic, but I struggled for over an hour with a tail light wiring harness clip that I could not get off until you showed very clearly where to depress that plug to pull it out.
Very helpful brother - Thanks a lot, you have covered a wide variety of connectors. Keeping a Lisle 13120 is also handy on multiple occasions where the connector is covered with dirt. Applying dielectric grease while putting them back has pretty much eliminated my woes over the years.
I agree but for anyone reading your comment should be warned. Dielectric Grease is ONLY for the plastic portions where the male and female housing of the connectors make contact and NOT on the pins themselves. Dielectric Grease is resistant to electricity, it is a massive non-conductor so what's going to happen when you glob grease all over the contact points? You're going to create an open circuit. Dielectric Grease should only be applied in the amount that just makes the plastic housing glossy and no more. You can however put a small glob in the back of each connector where the wiring has been fed through. That's okay and it'll protect against dirt from getting in the rear of the connector but never in the contact points. Trust me, people do not know this. I've been a mechanic for 16 years and learned a lot of tips and tricks so now that I'm trying to get a degree in Automotive and Diesel Technology, kids and even adults don't know this. It works great when it's applied properly. Take the time and do it right the first time.
This was excellent! Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge with us.
This is very helpful thanks for taking the time to show this.
Thank you so much:)
Was just hoping someone would do this exact vid.
Simple as it seems, this is huge content.
THANK YOU!
Yes definitely, theres many of those connections on every vehicle and im glad to be able to make em easier to deal with in any way🙂...thank you for the support
Now I'll be able to save more time at work because I just started working at an auto shop. Thank you for this helpful video !👍
That's awesome...so glad to be able to help in any way...hopefully you have great experiences working in an auto shop...thank you🙂
This was helpful to me because I know very little about automotive repair. Thank you!
So glad to be able to help🙂 thank you for supporting my videos🙂 and channel.
Thank you so much, was trying to disconnect my aux module for 20 minutes with plyers, saved my life 🙏🙏🙏
So glad to be able to help🙂👍
Mom is considering going to Florida for a party she really doesn’t think I’ll do whatever I can to stop her thank your for this information
Cool Mom!
Thanks for the video, just what I needed. The absolute best video quality on RUclips.
Thank you🙂
YOU ARE BRILLIANT!!!!!! I've been trying to figure out that POS connector for an hour!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!
Thank you🙂 im so glad to be able to help
I haven't tried yet but I'm so glad to finally find a site like yours that's specific to disconnecting connectors. I've broken a few trying to figure it out! I'm trying to disconnect a sensor on my '99 Dodge Caravan. I'll be back to let you know if it was a success.
Hopefully it does help...good luck i hope ur successful
YAY!!!! Now I won't break the tabs on my connectors. Great video!!! Thanks for sharing 🙏.
You helped a lot. Thanks. I haven't seen a better video yet. You actually made those damn connections look a little less scary.
This is an essential video. Thank you so much!
Glad to be able to help🙂 thank you
Awesome the first one you did was the one I was trying to disconnect. Thank you
Thats great🙂 glad to be able to help
Excellent video! It's going to save me a lot of time. Thank you very much.
Thank you🙂 so glad to be able to help🙂
Just wanna say this video should be shown to every amateur mechanic in the world
Thank you. This was so helpful! I'm sure you saved me lots of money because I would have kept pulling and probably would have broken it.
So glad it was helpful🙂
Extremely good video. Thanks! Your presentation is right on too.
Yep, this was the video I was looking for. Thanks
Thats awesome🙂 thank you🙂
Really helpful -- thank you for saving me much frustration.
Glad to be able to help🙂 thank you for the support
Very helpful, been trying to release a clip on the oxygen sensor and now I know plus another clip I will be able to undo. Yes, very helpful video
So glad to be able to help🙂 thank you for the support
Thanks for making this video, wrecking a connector can cause misery, to get a replacement connector can cause misery, thanks for saving misery.
Was extremely frustrated with one connector on my truck. I just couldn't figure out how to remove the dang thing, and it was the only connector left holding my headlight housing in.
I dont have a clue what the specific name for the connector is, so I found this video looking for generic info. Never considered a sliding style locking mechanism.
Went out and unclipped the connector with ease in under two min👍👍👍👍
That's awesome🙂👍 so glad u were able to disconnect it
Thanks for sharing! Great explanations. I still would like to understand how Chrysler ABS module connectors come off. They are a pain for me.
Thank you so much🙂...they have this plastic lock piece u kinda have to lift up(with a screwdriver) and the connector pushes off as u lift that lock piece up...ill definitely include connectors like that if i do a part 2🙂
This video is very helpful. Thank you.
Great video. How do you release the electrical connectors for Subarus, especially around 1996? Thank you
Liked and subbed homie, good info all around!
Thank you..really appreciate it
Thanks for posting, very informative.
Thank you🙂
Wow, finally, somebody 'splained how to deal with that connector at approx. .40. Thank you! I've been putzing around cars for decades; my late father-in-law even was a chevy mechanic, and yet I am embarrassed I had no idea how to release miserable connectors like this, the easy way! Single most valuable youtube now in my arsenal.
Im so glad to be able to help🙂 thank you for the support🙂
Such a helpful an awesome video! Ty for making is video
Thank you i really appreciate it🙂
I thought I was too advanced of a mechanic to look at a video on how to disconnect an electrical connector, but I was wrong and actually learned something.
Thats good to hear🙂
This is very helpful and well done, thx!
Thank you for such a good explanation.
Exelente,thank very much. Exelente trabajo,muy buena información. Gracias. Thank
Great video. But how about the connector for a for at 500 brake switch? I can't seem to get the connector apart from the switch.
This helped me w/ my Dodge. Thanks !!
I have a question about cleaning the electrical connectors, so can I clean all my car connectors that’s under the hood, with some CRC electrical cleaner? To give them a boost ?
Thanks for the video! Really helped! ❤
Very helpful, thanks!
So glad it could help🙂 thank you for ur support🙂
Me too!! I hate those connectors. Never can remember how they come off. Thank You!!
Im glad to be able to help with em:) Thank you for the support
Super helpful. Thank you!
So glad to hear it🙂
Do you know where to get a Service/Shop Manual for the Air Suspension System for a 2015 Ram 1500 Sport?
Hello. Is there a fluid or any particular lubricant that is safe for wires or switch? My 2nd transmission fluid pressure switch is hard to detach from the connector.
Excellent buddy I've got a couple bullet connectors on my drone I'm
Having trouble pulling them apart.
They are very delicate do you have any suggestions so I don't ruin them ?
Thanks. Keith
How do you get the connector off a throttle body 2016 Chevy Equinox?
My son .... its saved now! thank U
Wasnt sure on that first type. After your help I wont break anything
🙂 So glad to be able to help
Really helped. Installing inductive phone charging on a 2023 Serria 1500. The entire center console and dash screen are out. The number of electrical clips approaches 12. Much more difficult had I need see your vid. Kudo's
Thanks for the upload
Thanks! Lots of info!
Thank you🙂
I snapped many of these connectors lol. Now I know how to use them thank you
Lol, glad to be able to help👍
I like this video. Their often dirty and so knowing how makes it easier.
thank you:)
The ABS sensor connector on my Dodge Avenger will not come off! There's a red clip which is supposed to slide out to unlock bit it won't slide out!
Appreciate the video!
Helped me, thanks!
So glad to hear it🙂
Nice. Helped me today with a Chrysler 300.
Thats great🙂
@@backyardchevy328 Got a new subscriber.
@@Methodical2 thank you🙂 i really appreciate it
How do you pull one off that has a broken plastic tab?
HELP!!! Lol ok I broke the tab. Now what? Do I cut the wires and rewire new connectors or is it still possible to disconnect them with the release tab broke.
Very helpful thank you
Nice Video thanks. I didn't find the one I am struggling with today but It wasn't a waste of time.
Thank you..What kind of connection was it?
I'm working on my 2007 Ram 1500 and trying to remove the wiring harness from the drivers door. I think I have a broken wire. Their are two plug in connectors on the truck side of the door one is white and has an obvious release the other black and the release isn't obvious to me. It might take a long skinny tool inserted in a slot but I can't define what tool it might be or how it would be used. Sorry I can't give the name of the connector. It is probably a nine pin rectangular black connector with flat pins. That probably doesn't help much but thanks.
@@johnmontgomery1207 yea those rear door wiring harness's getting cut are quite common..but ive only replaced the rear door one once..and it had a big white main connector..and had 2 tabs, one on each side...ill see if i can see what front door looks like
they both come out together, pull the boot back and u have to push in on 4 corners so the tabs push in, and u can pull the harness connector off.the boot kind of shows where u have to push in, hope that can kind of help.
Thanks a lot for your help. Have a great day.
Hey my question is so they dont make any connecters where you have to push up instead of down to disconnect the tabs
Yea they do...usually u find those where two harnesses are joined together, u gotta lift tab up to slide em apart
i can't believe someone actually made a video for this. thanks.
Glad to be able to help🙂 thank you for the support
@@backyardchevy328 still cannot disconnect the connector to my transmission sensor. now my thumbs are sore. i'm giving up on disconnecting the thing. gonna try just spray contact cleaner on the sensor, see if it fixes anything.
@@warnacokelat on what kind of car?
@@backyardchevy328 a mitsubishi with F4A41 auto transmission. Trying to clean the speed sensor connector. Looks like it should be a simple push lock mechanism, but it wont budge. Gonna try prying it with a flathead screwdriver when I got the time.
@@warnacokelat any chance u can get a pick on the opposite end of the tab to lift it as u pull back? Or maybe spray it with a light spray of wd40 to free it up
Awesome thanks did not want to break plug clip connectors
Liked and Subscribed.
Thanks for the help
Thank you🙂 i really appreciate it
@@backyardchevy328
You welcome and hope your channel blossoms 🌸.
Best wishes.
@@1malikalik Thank you🙂
good job, thanks friend
Thank you🙂
thank you for posting this! I can't get the connection off my throttle body which is just like the one on 2:23. I have an 08 Jeep Wrangler. with a tiny screw I pulled the sleeve off because I didn't know any better. I slid it back in place, pressed on the tabs, but they just wont release. it feels stuck and a few of the plastic pieces closest to the cables seem bent. is there a trick to them? or a way I can replace just the head without changing the whole wire harness assembly?
Sometimes the heat will make the rubber seal stick..but what u can do if the tabs arent quite releasing when u press em..u can use small picks to lift the tab by sliding em in between where its attaching..kinda hard to explain but itll lift the tabs away from the notch..and if thats whats holding it itll separate..if not u may have to wiggle it til it frees up or u can spray a lil wd40 around the outside see if it frees it up
@@backyardchevy328 thank you very much. I ended up doing this with a very small screw driver and wd 40.
I have an "AMP" connector on the ABS module on my Neon that's very hard to get to let alone remove. Any experience removing this type?
It depends on the year but more than likely its the style where the clip slides out and holds it across the connector..its kinda hard to explain without showing it done but.. u kinda pull out the retaining clip and the connector pops up as u slide it across
great info thanks
Always glad to be able to help...thank you for watching and for ur support
Thanks a bunch man!
Anytime🙂 thank you
This is a very much needed video for old farts such as myself who are used to working on older vehicles! By the way, where did you buy the work gloves? They look like they're thin enough to allow you to grasp things easily but still protect you from chemicals.
So glad to be able to help🙂 theyre raven brand nitrile gloves, yea theyre some of my favorite out of many ive compared...i bought a case of 10 boxes a while back..but i believe they sell em on amazon and many other stores
Big help, thanks.
Than you for the video
Which one of these disconnects the rear rightside taillights/brakelight/right turn signal light? I have a replacement connector that is used to connect the circuit board but I need the electricity off to do it.
On what kind of vehicle? Usually if it has a whole taillight assembly itll have one bigger connector that works pretty similar to these connectors which u press in the tab and slide off the main connector
@@backyardchevy328 GMC Envoy XL SLT 2002, I try to follow the cord underneath my car but can't seem to find the end to it to unplug it. I have the replacement for the terminals that connect to the taillight circuit board but can't do anything because the electricity that runs through it.
@@lindseyg5090 oh ok that connector is similar to the one on thumbnail..have u figured out how to get the taillight assembly off? Once u get the taillight off u can disconnect the connector to the assembly and itll be safe to swap out the circuit board..or u can also disconnect the battery negative terminal if ud wanna avoid having any current going to it
@@backyardchevy328 the circuit board and that connector isn't my problem, it's finding where those wires lead and disconnecting it from my car so that I can fix the connector that leads to the circuit board. I want to avoid touching the battery as I'm very new to working on my own car. That's why I clicked on this video to see which of these I need to unplug for my taillights to not run electricity.
@@lindseyg5090 oh ok now i understand..it may have a connector that splits off to connect both tailights, just not familar with that particular model to where it would be located but i would guess itd be near the drivers side taillight
yep, nicely done sir
Wow thanks man !!
Spot ONNNNNNNN. Thank u mega.
Thank you🙂
What if I have really weak fingers and no room to squeeze even to my fullest and I can't get it. What specifically do you use for a 90 degree pick that is strong enough to pop it up from the opposite side but supple enough to be bent 90 degrees. Curse my small hands! thanks mom and dad.
amzn.to/2IfY4DS what about something like this..i used to use a similar tool to reach hard to reach connectors
Any way you could show how to unpin the wires from the fuse box? That would be very helpful! Thank you
Ill see what i can do..i was planning on doing one on how to remove pins from broken connectors as well so ill include it on there
@@backyardchevy328 yes, we are doing my 1996 dodge 1 ton dually and boy some of the tight ones are difficult. We have several of the tools but not having much fun. Next we have to re insert the the tray into my dodge. So we will have to undo t hose as well. That’s why looking. Thanks for replying, appreciated!
@@leighcassidy7065 yea i can imagine
I have a connector that doesn’t click in? Just slides on and off? Any fix? Doesn’t look like there’s any damage do I need a new connector ?
If its sliding on and off it probably broke the inner part that engages and holds on the nub of the lower connector
@@backyardchevy328 okay thank you, it all looks okay inside, maybe it’s cracked but still attached a little bit. I’ll get it changed .. it’s cable tied on at the moment
Thank you !
Thank you for watching🙂
Awesome thanks!!
Thank you🙂
Some are just a pain and I end up braking the tab off
Yea they can be, but the tabs are more of a risk to break off if theyre being exposed to a lot of heat.
i just broke my maf connector on vw tiguan then it became lose i still don't know its mechanism , then i tired to open the torx screw to remove the maf i couldn't it has a pin in the middle i can't unscrow fuck this shit , why they are so stupid moth#$#s vw shit , wasted two hours for nothing
The only one I need is one you didn't cover LOL. A "round" GM transmission electric connector. Thanks.
Thank you!!
My connectors weren't quite like any of those. :-( They have a red lock thingee that looks like it is supposed to slide up to let me squeeze the tab to move the connector, but I can't get the red sliders to move. The plastic breaks very easily because it is old, but I am trying to get them off without breaking them. (It's a 2006 dodge)
Its not like the connectors between 2:00 mins and 2:28? Those are the dodge ones
I figured out how they were supposed to work, but some were just so old, they broke when I tried to move them. And I did give the video a thumbs up because it is clearly well done and helpful for people who have the kinds of connectors shown. :-)
@@Andreamom001 thank you so much really appreciate it🙂...im glad u were able to figure em out and yea the heat definitely makes those connections fragile
Anybody know where I can get replacement locking tab for the connector like 0:55?
would it be this one...amzn.to/2QnD9iv
Backyard Chevy thank you
@@Its-_-Me1 glad to help🙂
I’ve been trying to remove the connector to a fog light housing on a 2016 Silverado 1500 and can’t get it to disconnect. I’m losing my mind. I’ve been at it for like a month.
It should be pretty similar with a tab u need to press in, but i believe it has a red lock clip u need to slide back first if i remember the connector correctly
What do when its stuck, is there q spray or something
Whats stuck exactly? The connector or the part that unhooks? Normally i push in on the connector as i press in on tab...wiggling it can free it also..if u have to u can spray something like wd40 to help free it
@@backyardchevy328 thank you its a resistor for a ac motor on a 2002 ford e250. It has 2 clips so i believe its stuck from the years being on there. Thanks, I will try the wd40.
@@handmadebynepal good luck..hope it helps free it up
Excellent
Thank you🙂
Mine are stuck. The first one you showed. There all stuck except for one I’m ready to burn it.
A light spray with wd40 can usually free em up