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Subject:Re: Electrical connectors
From:Tom C
Date:Fri, 11 Mar 2022 18:07:34 -0500

Mice are the worst!

On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 4:38 PM Raimund Feussner <ray@v6bus.de> wrote:

> Hhmm...close, but not exact.
> They might not lock into position,
> or the connector lid won´t close (which holds the terminal in place).
>
> I haven´t compared your suggestion with the originals, but the spring
> part of the originals is not solid.It has a gap in the middle, dividing
> it basiclly into two half-wide springs.
>
> On the other hand, your finding is way closer to what I found :-)
>
>
> Am 11.03.2022 um 22:29 schrieb Dan N:
> > I sent these links to Tom... but resend it for you all...
> >
> > See page 7 on bottom right (TERM481) is the closest
> >
> > https://connectorexperts.com/c-1458515.7-terminals.html
> >
> > https://connectorexperts.com/c-1458515-terminals.html
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 1:18 PM Raimund Feussner<ray@v6bus.de>  wrote:
> >
> >> "Spring contact terminal"
> >> VW mentions them as
> >> 000979102E
> >> a yellow repair wire with two crimped ends, but of course NLA. No single
> >> terminals to be seen...
> >>
> >> I bet it´s something Tyco, or AMP, or whatever was en vogue at that
> time.
> >> But with no starting point for research, it´s difficult.
> >>
> >> Regards
> >> Raimund
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Am 11.03.2022 um 18:48 schrieb Tom C:
> >>> Does anyone know where to get the electrical connectors that go into
> the
> >>> big white connector for the instrument cluster? And all those other
> type
> >> of
> >>> folding white connectors? Mouse at a wire so I’m cleaning up all the
> >> burnt
> >>> wires. Thanks fellas tom
>