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Old 03-21-2009, 09:45 AM   #1
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Exclamation Help?! Headlight Wiring problem...

Im still trying to wrap my head around this one, but apparently my passenger headlight is completely out due to 2 broken parts. The mounting bracket (Big thing the headlight slides into that holds the connecting plug for the wires broke and somehow the blue plug that all the wires clip into has broke also... therefore

I have the 2 new parts and have already installed the new mounting bracket but im bamboozled when it comes to the little blue connection plug that the wires from the harness connect into that is held by the back of the mounting bracket.

I can not for the life of me figure out how to get the wires to come out of the old plug so i can switch the plugs... I was hoping to get it done this weekend since im off of work.

Any help? Im not in the mood to spend $130 at the local stealership to have some guy hit a little secret switch and switch out the plugs in 30 seconds. It would defeat the entire purpose of working on the car myself.

If need be I can include a picture if Im not making any sense.

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Old 03-21-2009, 06:25 PM   #2
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Have you tried pushing the wires further into the plug? On many plugs doing this will expose the pins which are crimped onto the end of each wire. The pins only come out by pushing the wires further into the plug. Take a look inside the plug and see if this might be the case.

ETA, if you have a picture please post it as this may help.
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Old 03-21-2009, 06:26 PM   #3
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Picture please, but it sounds like you need a pin extraction tool.
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Pins can be removed from the wire side of the plug if you have the correct sized extraction tool. You slide it over the pin and pull the wire and pin out of the plug.
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Old 03-21-2009, 06:40 PM   #5
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Something like this:

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Old 03-22-2009, 09:42 AM   #6
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Here is the first set of pictures and the second set is comming
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Here is the second set of pictures.
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