Thread: wiring connector pins

I'm wanting to make an extension harness for the hud control switch, so i can put it on the left side of the dash.... i dont really want to cut the factory harness, so i need to be able to duplicate the pin setup that is in the hud switch itself. (i'm intending to use epoxy or something similar to make the body of the plug that will contain the wiring/pins to mate to the factory harness, and use a scavenged plug for the other end)

question is, is anybody here familiar at all with the packard/delphi plugs/pins to be able to point out what pin i could use for this? i know they're a flat blade style... i suppose i could solder on the wire and make do, but that doesnt seem right.


hmm... perhaps snipping the prongs off of a turn signal flasher that has the small pins, and using those?

if you can find the switch at a junkyard, couldn't you cut up the switch and use the body and pins for you setup??

OR

When I need to do this type of thing sometimes it works to just use stranded wire and shove it in the cavity, this is what I did for my Perf Shift wire cause I was on a budget,

oh and Electrical tape, like good 3m is much easier to fix a wiring error than epoxy, just my .02

Originally Posted by s1795so2

he was talking about making the body for a male plug in out of epoxy.
Toasty, although it is easy to do the snipping pins off an extra connector and soldering wire onto them, I don't think I would do that personally. Plus, I know that would prolly bother you after a lil' while, if not immediatly.

yeah... i forgot to update this thread... but i've since found the mating male connector, and it's on order now. hoping to have it this week... so no hacking stuff up to get it done.

after i get it the parts, i'll put together a little write up on what's needed to get this done!

I tried the hacking up another switch method... the switch housing and connecors werent ideal for that. the opposite end of the pins were all intermeshed too closely to keep intact and do what i wanted.

before i found the mating connector, i figured that using soldered pins and epoxy would have been alright. not ideal, but alright.

thankfully i dont have to resort to that... epoxy can be messy!