Eric,

You can reach into the plastic housing with longnose pliers and gently pull
out the connectors from the spade terminals in the housing. It doesn't
matter how you wire it up.

If you are luck and nobody has cut too much of the hose off before you, you
can undo the screws and lift the faucet out the  top and work on it above
the sink rather than under. In any event, the hose will come off easier if
you heat it with a hair dryer before removal. Same with putting it back on.

If it won't come off without a lot of persuasion, break off the nipple.
You're going to throw the faucet away anyway, right? Then you can get the
broken end out of the hose.

If worse comes to worse, you can always cut the hose off, which if
previously done a few times leads to the condition mentioned previously
where you can't pull it above the sink enough to work on it.

Jim

On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 4:18 PM, Eric Caron <ecaron1@comcast.net> wrote:

> Hi listers,
>
>         I have in my hand the Delta 6 identical replacement Faucet.  I
> would appreciate any tips on a successful exchange.  My old faucet is
> leaking.
>
> My first head scratcher is that the wire on the new faucet ends with two
> spade connectors.  the old faucett has two wires leading into a plastic
> connector.  What is the process for connecting the wires?
>
> Also, I've read that people had trouble with the hoses being removed and
> getting them back on.  Any tips are appreciated.
>
> Finally can I be lazy and leave the battery connected or do I need to undo
> the negative terminal for this?  I hate getting help to reset clocks and
> such!
>
> All tips and recommendations wanted!
>
> Eric Caron
> 85 GL Westfalia Auto