Contacts in Connector Housing, Repairing

Contacts in Connector Housing, Repairing

Procedure






- First, open or release if necessary the secondary lock of the connector housing. Refer to=> [ Contact Housings, Releasing and Disassembling ] Contact Housings, Releasing and Disassembling.

- Release the contact (primary lock) using the appropriate release tool - A -. Refer to=> [ Contact Housings, Releasing and Disassembling ] Contact Housings, Releasing and Disassembling.

- Pull the contact back out of the connector housing - arrow - at the single wire (with the single wire seal if necessary).

- Cut off the old contact (with the single wire seal) from the vehicle-specific wiring harness.






- Take the yellow repair wire with the correct contact out of the Wiring harness repair set (VAS 1978 B).

- Free up the wire to be repaired approximately 20 cm on both sides of the repair point.

Risk of damaging the electrical wires.

• Expose wrapped wiring harnesses carefully.

- If necessary, removing the wiring harness wrapping using a knife.

- Slide the new repair wire contact into the corresponding connector housing compartment until it engages.






- If necessary, install the single wire seal on the repair wire. Refer to=> [ Single Wire Seals, Installing ] Single Wire Seals, Installing.

- Shorten the repair wire and the vehicle-specific wiring harness single wire as needed using the Wire Stripper (VAS 1978/3).






- Remove the insulation from the ends of the repair wire and vehicle-specific single wire and crimp the ends with the crimping wires and a crimp connector. Refer to=> [ 0.25 mm Wire With Individual Crimp Connector, Repairing ] 0.25 mm 2 Wire With Individual Crimp Connector, Repairing or => [ 0.35 mm Or Greater With Intermediate Wire Section, Repairing ] 0.35 mm2 or Greater With Intermediate Wire Section, Repairing.