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Re: Removing the Headlight Plugs

Subject: Re: Removing the Headlight Plugs
From: "M. Secrest" <msecrest@erols.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 17:10:37 -0500
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
References: <3C700DE7.32218C4F@erols.com> <3C701E12.AC54A2F9@zianet.com>
Michael wins the Big Yellow Bunny for his entries, all of which are correct.

As per the bullet connectors, I say ... oh .. yeah ... right!  (With a doh!
thrown in somewhere, too.)

##

"Michael D. Porter" wrote:

> "M. Secrest" wrote:
> >
> > Yo, listerati:
> >
> > I'm pulling the bonnet off my GT6-3 tomorrow, and my brother and I are
> > going to blast clean its interior with walnut shells.
> >
> > My first question is, can you use the words "blast" and "walnut shells"
> > in another sentence?
>
> [Domestic] "Blast it! I can't get these walnut shells open without a
> nutcracker!"
>
> [Fantasy] "There was a ferocious blast, and the terrified little nuts
> quivered in their walnut shells."
>
> [Masochistic] "Walnut shells up the <name an orifice> are a blast!"
>
> [Julia Child] "Just pick out the walnuts from the walnut shells and
> blaaaaassst them into the turkey caaaavity."
>
> > Secondly, I would like to know how the hell do I detach the plastic
> > female headlight connector from the harness wires, so I can unbolt the
> > bonnet and lift it free?  It looks to me as if I should take a small
> > screwdriver, and wedge out each lead from the plug, but something about
> > that process is eluding me.
>
> You can remove the bonnet by pulling the bullet connectors apart at the
> center of the grille. Just mark the wires first, then unclip them, roll
> them up and put them in a plastic bag and tape it shut around the wire
> protruding from the inner headlight surround.
>
> If you want to remove the headlight connector and push the wire back
> through the inner headlight surround, make sure the grommet is in good
> shape before doing so. If it's crumbly and you can't find another, it's
> a point ripe for water leakage and wire chafing. But, what you'll find
> on the headlight connector is that the spade terminals are locked into
> the plastic connector with a barb. You need a narrow, flat, thin pick to
> push the barb out of the lock, and then you can pull the terminal out of
> the connector.
>
> Cheers.
>
> --
> Michael D. Porter
> Roswell, NM (yes, _that_ Roswell)
> [mailto:mporter@zianet.com]
>
> The gulf between content and substance continues to widen....

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