brittle engine harness connectors

[isnms]

FYI
Need to replace any of your brittle engine harness connectors
http://wolferacecraft.com/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryID=82

$5.00

 

[SupraMario]

o hell yea thnx man nice find, i almost was going to electical tape rig something up. woot thnx.

 

[Blue87T(Dan)]

Good stuff.

 

[Asterix]

Looks good, but the crimp tool will kill your wallet...

Molex makes good stuff, too, and you can get a cheap "Designer kit" from Digi-key for a whole lot less than that crimp tool costs. Go to www.digikey.com and search for "molex designer kit". The larger one is good for 8 amps or so, so the smaller would probably work fine everywhere. Just be sure to use some waterproof grease since they're not water tight like the stock ones.

If it's not pretty enough for you, Digikey has other choices, though the crimp tools often are way expensive.

Asterix

 

[isnms]

Is there any reason this connector would not work in the engine bay to replace cracked and broken connectors?
specifically the O2 sensor

trailer wiring harness

 

[Supra Blues]

Good find.

That crimper tool is expensive, but plyers will work.

 

[Bishop92t]

Those look exactly like the Painless wiring connector I used on my CPS. No special tools were required. Got them from Summit or Jegs pretty cheap. Only thing I didn't like about them was that they had no directions included. The harnesses aren't 100% intuitive as to how to put them together. Once I figured it out it was cake.

 

[isnms]

These work great. I used them to install my new O2 sensor

 

[figgie]

ummm

guys

unless you replace BOTH SIDES

this connectors are weatherpack

our car uses METRIPACK. Totally different and unfortunatly incompatible.

 

[isnms]

I didn't think that point would be in question.
Yes both sides need to be replaced, using any of the connectors I posted.

 

[3p141592654]

Is there any reason this connector would not work in the engine bay to replace cracked and broken connectors?
specifically the O2 sensor

trailer wiring harness

Don't use the trailer wiring harness. Those things get intermittent after a few connection cycles, and they don't like heat. Be aware that connector pin materials vary. Auto applications usually go with high copper alloy pin metals for high strength, good thermal and electrical properties, and to resist softening at high temperatures. If you buy generic connectors you will most likely get tin-plated brass that won't stand up to the heat in a car environment for very long. A few connection cycles and you will start having problems.

 

[isnms]

thanks, I used it only temporarily. I changed it to the Molex MX150 for SAE application