ford harness repair Taurus

Nov 08, 2008 1 Replies

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I have a 97 Taurus which i did an engine swap in.

96 engine (2V) into a 97. come to find out the
96 engine harness was left on the engine and not changed. 97 engine is long gone now. The DLC obd2 pins are different on the 96 harness.

I can cut the wires and splice them, but am looking for other options. Can you remove the pins in a ford harness and put them back in? I have a few molex pin tools, but have not tried them yet. I would rather not try to remove the pins. The connector is C130 on top of the trannie. what i would like to try to do is remove two pins on the female engine side of C130 connector and swap them.

Anyone do any pin repair or swaps on a ford harness?

bob

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I've been able to do this on plugs ford and otherwise. It should just be a matter of taking the connector appart and seeing how the pins are latched in. then press in the right spot and the pins should come out. Some are more of a pain and the ass than others.

Those tools are so specialized in what connectors they work with it I'd be shocked if any were useful. Small pointy tools will get the job done, it just takes longer and more care than with the custom tool.

Shouldn't be a problem if they are like what's on '97 mustang.

I've done it for stereo & CD changer installs and to clean the contacts inside. The only pin swap I did, I had to swap pins in the crutchfield adapter harness so it would match my car. (I had already soldered it up to the radio's harness when I noticed the pin-out difference and swapping the pins was a lot easier than unsoldering and re-soldering)

The 90s ford plugs I've taken apart have been pretty easy to do without special tools. The case pops open and then it's pretty obvious where the 'snap' that holds in the pin is.

ford harness repair Taurus

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