viprez586

This is very common when doing a valley plate repair that you remove the DI harness to access more room since the valley plate slides into place rather than dropping straight in.


Weapons of choice, anything small will work like a optical flat-head.


New connector


Remove white secondary lock.


Unlocked, remove fully by destroying or with a needle nose.


Remove primary locks on top of pins. Again finesse or complete destruction. Careful not to bend pins.


Destroyed housing without much effort.


Pins out, note orientation. Simply re insert until they click into primary locks. Then push white 2nd lock fully in to place.


Leftover destroyed connectors.


Finished DI harness.

idoke1

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Awesome DIY info here.

isfvss

Fifty shades of grey.

lobuxracer

iTrader: (2)

Not much different than replacing the coil connectors on a 2JZ-GTE. It's easy enough to remove the pins if you make the tool Toyota specifies in their wiring repair manual. I made a couple of different ones - one from a turkey basting needle that I like best because it's stainless steel, and another from aluminum rod, but the aluminum one give no leverage so I use the stainless one most of the time.

viprez586

I've been de-pinning connectors for a long time now, the tools are nice, and definitely make less abrasion marks on the locks themselves, all while specifically - holding the lock in place while you remove the pin.
I've just gotten accustom to using a small flat head or pick due to the nature of my profession.
FWIW I just repaired a 2010 Toyota Corolla Turbine shaft speed sensor wire that was chewed through by a rodent. (There's even a TSB, must be tasty stuff)
Anyway, the connector being a magnetic sensor thus 2-pin was identical for de-pinning, just a slightly different connector body.

Once you get de-pinning down, electrical work becomes less invasive. Now, I'm debating buying a kit.

lobuxracer

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This is the tool design from Toyota. They also have three special pin tools 09991-00500, 09991-00510, and 09992-01030.

These tools are all fairly primitive if you've worked on military aircraft wiring, but they get the job done without damaging the connectors or pins as long as you are patient.