Feeling a little stupid for asking, but struggling to disconnect an injector. Trying to disconnect the rear-most secondary injector to hopefully allow me to move the engine harness over just a little to access/see the coolant line nipple on the rear iron. I 'think' the tab to disconnect is facing down and there's not even room for me to get a mirror in there to see exactly how it disconnects. I've tried pinching and using a pick to push out without any luck. A little afraid to start forcing things too much. I haven't been in this deep under the manifold for a while. Someone have a picture of the connector or any insight/pointers from those who have done this more than once...years ago, like me? What am I missing?

 

If I remember correctly the FD shares the same clip as the FC you need to remove of the metal "C" clip first and then slide the connectors way from the injector

 

Mine just has a press release connector. Really easy.

 

No metal clip like the FC, it's just push the button and release. I usually push the button in, push the connector down, then pull up.

Dale

 

Thanks guys.
Yeah...don't remember seeing any 'C' clip. Fat fingers and little room, but I'll keep at it and try the "push tab in, push down then pull" method.

 

Just a regular press release clip connector, I think I use a pryer to press the clip since it is on the back side, and use a small screw driver to push the connector off. Start off with little force on the pryer, slowly increase it till the connector move.

 

Yea be careful about using too much force, mine were super brittle.

 

I replaced the injector pigtails about eight years ago during a rebuild, but agree...I didn't want to force anything too much. Never did get it disconnected but managed to work around it. If I'd been willing to spend a lot more time pulling crap off maybe...but a few naughty words, a couple draws on a cigar and I moved on.

 

if you look at the the forward secondary injector, its the same clip thats on all the injectors. i dont have any pictures of the plug but the press part of the plug does in fact face down as you stated. its a tight fit. if you have a long flathead you can gently pry on the side of the plug against the injector as you press it and it should release.

 

just because i was taking pictures today. this is what i use to reset injectors btw

 

You can carefully use a small flat blade screwdriver to get the leverage to depress any stuck tabs...... on original clips this has a good chance of breaking them however. I have an old tiny dampening adjustment tool from my super old school Tanabe Sustec-Pro coilovers that works perfectly