Broken Connector
Discussion
Mrs started to mention the heater was only blowing cold air.
Checked the heater matrix, all okay, checked the reservoir was a little low but still had enough in. Checked the hoses and all okay.
Then started to hear a hissing & saw a pool of coolant on top of the transmission case. The bleed screw had broken & I think there is also a crack in the thermostat.
Whilst removing the harness most were push off connectors. 2 required a flat head pushing down into them. One into the thermostat and another into another sensor in the head.
Being a little forceful I broke the second one (only had 1 grey wire & a green blank) Most of the connector is still in tact but the bit which goes around the metal pin inside and mates into the other connector and the retaining feature broke off.
It still has the blue rubber ring & goes in okay. I've put some tape on it to hold the wire in & plan to just tape the connectors together once finished if I can't fix and I don't have all of my tools.
Question is how easy is it to find the connector & replace. Had a google but can't figure out what it is or where to buy on a sunday only thing is to get a section from a breaker & splice it in but don't have any of those tools
Checked the heater matrix, all okay, checked the reservoir was a little low but still had enough in. Checked the hoses and all okay.
Then started to hear a hissing & saw a pool of coolant on top of the transmission case. The bleed screw had broken & I think there is also a crack in the thermostat.
Whilst removing the harness most were push off connectors. 2 required a flat head pushing down into them. One into the thermostat and another into another sensor in the head.
Being a little forceful I broke the second one (only had 1 grey wire & a green blank) Most of the connector is still in tact but the bit which goes around the metal pin inside and mates into the other connector and the retaining feature broke off.
It still has the blue rubber ring & goes in okay. I've put some tape on it to hold the wire in & plan to just tape the connectors together once finished if I can't fix and I don't have all of my tools.
Question is how easy is it to find the connector & replace. Had a google but can't figure out what it is or where to buy on a sunday only thing is to get a section from a breaker & splice it in but don't have any of those tools
Edited by bobski1 on Saturday 29th September 19:07
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