the connector for my tail light is crumbling into dust and I've purchased a replacement from eBay. I could splice the wires, but it would be cleaner to pull the pins and switch the wiring over to the "new" connector. I can't quite make out how these are held in place. Does anyone have experience they can share about pulling these pins?
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When I bought new 61131382525 connectors from my local dealer's parts department, they let me borrow a special BMW de-pinning tool from service while I changed them over. I believe it was similar to this one:
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Thank you, I had seen that but wasn't sure if it would work on the tail light connectors. I'm stubbornly DIY anyhow and since I have a small machine shop, I decided to make a very primative tool.Originally posted by ghrays View PostWhen I bought new 61131382525 connectors from my local dealer's parts department, they let me borrow a special BMW de-pinning tool from service while I changed them over. I believe it was similar to this one:
For anyone in the position to DIY it, I bought a 3/16 x 0.014" piece of brass tubing from Ace hardware for $2.79. I'm fortunately to have a big lathe so I chucked it up in a collet and turned 0.006" off the wall thickness. It's a perfect fit and pressing this over the tabs from the front, I could pull the wires from the back with a toothed needle nose plier. Obviously a little tube doesn't have the convenience of an eject pin, but for my little job it's enough.Comment
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