Unless there is a better way to replace the CAS connectors... Mine are warn and have broken wires. Is their a trick to use my old connectors or can I buy connectors that have wires that I can splice together with my existing harness wiring? Please PM me if possible.

Matt

 

the salvage yards can be your friend!!

 

The Connectors can be removed from the wires with a pick, a good eye, and a steady hand.
So i here anyway

 

you can remove the pins from any connector if you know how, the trick is knowing how... I do not ...

From what I do know you need a special tool, might be able to pull it off with just a pick but you might also damage the connector.

 

Jon (fitzrx7) mentioned that things appeared to have been traced to your CAS. Glad to hear you're making progress.

Maybe a WTB in the parts for sale section? I'd bet someone out there has a trashed harness and would be willing to part with the connectors and a few inches of wire.

 

buy a new harness, it will pay off in the end.

 

Yea when i got my rebuild done the CAS were shot, the wiring was effed from the harness being just run down and brittle.

Like Smitter said you can detach the wires with a pick or small Flat head.

 

He has an otherwise running car. Replacing the engine harness would solve his problem sure. But a new harness is way expensive, a huge job to change out and certainly not called for at this point. Like swatting a fly with a baseball bat.

 

been there done that is all im saying, with the miles on some of these cars now days its not a bad thing to consider especially if your in it for the long run like most of us are. If your harness is in a non "crispy" state then replacing the connector would not be a bad way to go, but think of it this way your orginal harness lasted what 16 years now, a new one would last another 16 and would be worth it in the long run if your keeping the car for a while which i hope you are

 

i just repaired mine...

what a nightmare... don't get it off a junk yard car

Not even worth the hassle. The best way is to get a new harness


The plastic insulation gets brittle after awhile and therefore it does not hold up well.

Mine are kind of broken still however I did alot of the repairs to get my engine harness back up and running however the wires were so frayed that they were ruined. I got a cut one off another harness and put them in and they were definitely not in good shape either. So the best way is to get a new harness!