Automotive wiring harness

[davetheman]

I have been collecting these connectors now instead of just sending them to the crusher. I have a few large boxes full of them and want to start getting the pins removed from the plastic housing.
Has anyone come up with a good method on getting these removed quickly?

 

[Barren Realms 007]

I have been collecting these connectors now instead of just sending them to the crusher. I have a few large boxes full of them and want to start getting the pins removed from the plastic housing.
Has anyone come up with a good method on getting these removed quickly?

Try soaking them in some hot water and then see if you can pull the connectors out.

 

[davetheman]

I soaked them in boiling water for 15 minutes or so. This made some of the pins pullable but some still did not want to move.

With 50+ Lbs of these connectors i am going to have to find a quicker method.

I think if i some how crush the connectors first then try pulling the pins i will have a much easier time.

Maybe if i put them in some sort of container on the hydrolic press...
I will share results.

 

[rusty]

Some of the more critical connectors are going to be gold plated.

Curious if you tested any of the silvery pins with stannous to back up my claim.

Regards
Rusty

 

[davetheman]

Some of the more critical connectors are going to be gold plated.

Curious if you tested any of the silvery pins with stannous to back up my claim.

Regards
Rusty

I have not tested anything yet. I usually cut all the connectors off of the harness before scrapping anyway, I save the haness without connectors because i get better price for it without all the plastic. When i saw this posting i started saving the connectors instead of tossing them. I just recently found some time to pull some pins and hopefully soon i can try refining a few. I will be sure to share my results.
By the way my connectors are coming from mostly european cars. Lots of Volkswagen and BMW.