Pulled wire from connector, fixable?

[Bru]

I'm guessing I'll just have to buy a new connector but wanted to see if there are any other suggestions. This is the alternator wire that pulled out of my brother's 2000 Cavalier when I dropped the alternator with connector plugged in.

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[Riski]

it is fixable but is pita to do on most.....might be better of buying a new one.....

 

[Bru]

Probably gonna have to do dealership or junkyard for this part. Fucking sucks because the yard already closed. If the dealer has it, might have micro Bru pick it up during the day.

 

[DanJ]

Was it his alternator that was bad?

 

[Bru]

Yep. Thing was done dead.

 

[DanJ]

Well atleast you didn't have to go on a long hunt searching for electrical gremlins.

 

[Bru]

Gonna see if I can pull the brass terminal out and re-crimp it, and put it back in.

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

i probably have 3 of those lol

btw you can use another metripack terminal and pigtail and it will go right in

 

[Bru]

O rly? If I can't rig this back together can you spare one?

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

metripack terminal and wire or the whole caboodle

 

[Bru]

Do you have a connector with wires that's ready to be splice into the wiring harness? This one is a four prong connector with the outer terminals blocked off, and just the two middle terminals have wires.

 

[BillyBru]

Dear Cavalier,

 

[JDHedman]

Gonna see if I can pull the brass terminal out and re-crimp it, and put it back in.

you can do this, or just get a replacement and solder it up. I recently repined a dash gauge plug for a buddy, only took like an hour to do all them. you can get a pin puller or just grind down a pick . just be careful not to brake the retainer on the pin as they are very thin

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

i have a terminal and wire but the connector i have is a single groove single field wire from an older harness
i do have two that are correct but one is on my cherry 03 imp harness and the other on my cherry 01 GT harness lol

 

[Sinister Drag Designs]

well if its the same connector as the 99-03 GP harness, we should have a few in stock. Shoot me an email if you still cant find one.

 

[Eagle]

You can definitely take the connector apart and fix it. I've done that same thing on my own car...

Just pull the connector apart, pull out the pin (you'll need a safety pin or something similar to unlock the pin's clip from the plastic connector housing), then just solder it back up and reverse.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

You can definitely take the connector apart and fix it. I've done that same thing on my own car...

Just pull the connector apart, pull out the pin (you'll need a safety pin or something similar to unlock the pin's clip from the plastic connector housing), then just solder it back up and reverse.

This.

Had to do it to my evap wires when they ripped out. I just soldered them back to the metal terminal and popped it back in the plug.

 

[Bru]

Cool. Popped out the metal terminal this morning and will try to solder the wire back in tonight. Thanks for the suggestions guys.

 

[Alacran]

its fixable but you have to the terminal out first. They sell tools for that.

 

[Eagle]

its fixable but you have to the terminal out first. They sell tools for that.

Yea, its called a safety pin.

 

[Bru]

Yeah, I got it out just fine. And in, too. Car is running just fine.