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Subject:Replacing wiring into glow plug relay?
From:Tobin Copley
Date:Fri, 28 Apr 2000 14:17:24 -0700

A simple question which probable applies to wiring in to *any* relay,
but my problem right now is with the glow plug relay:

The wiring both to my glow plug relay and from my relay to the glow
plug bus is in need of replacement.  How the heck do I pull the
connecting wires out of the block the relay plugs in to without
destroying the wires and/or the plug receptacle?  The wiring
connectors appear to me stuck in there like it's a "one way" (can
insert them, but can't remove 'em) connection for those wires into
the block the relay plugs into.

Is there a trick to removing these wires without damaging them or do
I have to toast the wires and the block and buy new block and make
new wire sets?  (I'd find the latter rather hard to believe).

Thanks to any advise!

T.
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Tobin Copley   Bowen Island, BC, Canada              tobin.copley@ubc.ca

'82 westy 1.6L NA diesel ("Stinky")
'97 son Russell                                   =============
'99 daughter Margaret                            /_| |__| |__|:| clatter
1995: 'Round US, Mexico, Canada 15,000 mi       O|.           .| clatter!
1996: Vancouver to Inuvik, NWT   7,400 km        ~-()-==----()-~
Previous buses: '76 westy deluxe (Daisy), '76 westy standard (Mango)
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