Contacts In Terminal Housing, Repairing

Contacts In Terminal Housing, Repairing







Procedure
- First, open or release secondary lock of the contact housing (where applicable).
- Release contact (primary lock) using appropriate release tool - A -.
- Pull contact back out of housing - arrow - at single wire (with single wire seal if necessary).







- Cut off old contact (with the single wire seal) from vehicle-specific wiring harness.
- Determine yellow repair wire with correct contact from Wiring Harness Repair Set VAS 1978A.
- Free up wire to be repaired approximately 20 cm on both sides of the repair point.

CAUTION:
Risk of damaging the electrical wires.
- Free up wrapped wiring harnesses carefully.

- If necessary, remove wiring harness wrapping using knife.







- Slide new repair wire contact into corresponding contact housing compartment until it engages.
- If necessary, install single wire seal on repair wire.







- Shorten repair wire and vehicle-specific wiring harness single wire as needed using the Wire Stripper VAS 1978/3.
- Remove insulation from ends of repair wire and vehicle-specific single wire and crimp ends with crimping wires and a crimp connector.