Adding Gauge Cluster: How to swap wires on plug? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

-sean- · 10-24-2011, 04:40 PM

I know this is probably stupid simple but I can not figure out how to pull the wires out of the plug on the harness to swap them around to run a gauge cluster. I'm doing a idiot light to gauge conversion using the instructions on GMSPauls web site. I know there must be an easy way to get the wires out of the plug without breaking something, anyone know the proper way of doing this?

-sean- · 10-24-2011, 06:43 PM

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webfoot · 10-24-2011, 06:44 PM

Compress the end down with a screwdriver and push it out the back.

-sean- · 10-24-2011, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by webfoot

Compress the end down with a screwdriver and push it out the back.

So I guess I'm not a complete idiot then, that's what I was trying to do but couldn't get them to budge. I'll hit them with a little PB Blaster and try again.
Thanks

**slomotion** · 10-25-2011, 09:58 AM

Look in the female end of your plug and you'll see a small tang that springs out a little and engages a notch inside the plug housing. Take a paperclip, or small screw driver and press this tang towards the center, and your wire should come right out backwards. When you re-install them, make sure they go in with the tang on the notch side, or the wire will pull right back out.

MARKDTN · 10-25-2011, 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slomotion

Look in the female end of your plug and you'll see a small tang that springs out a little and engages a notch inside the plug housing. Take a paperclip, or small screw driver and press this tang towards the center, and your wire should come right out backwards. When you re-install them, make sure they go in with the tang on the notch side, or the wire will pull right back out.

What he said

-sean- · 10-25-2011, 06:42 PM

Got it guys, thanks!
A little PB Blaster helped 40 plus years of being assembled.

A pic for anyone else who may have an issue with this.

shawno72 · 10-25-2011, 06:46 PM

Would you happen to have the link to GMCpauls web site for the instructions for the swap? This is something that I have been wanting to do for a while now.

-sean- · 10-25-2011, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by shawno72

Would you happen to have the link to GMCpauls web site for the instructions for the swap? This is something that I have been wanting to do for a while now.

Here ya go: http://www.gmcpauls.com/Tech%20Tips1.htm

I'm going to post a thread on my conversion with pics. Also, I will post up a modified version of the instruction above, the same instructions just made a little easier to follow with pics.

**slomotion** · 10-25-2011, 07:05 PM

Good picture! Beats a whole lot of words!

10-24-2011, 04:40 PM	#1
-sean- Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Colorado Posts: 484	Adding Gauge Cluster: How to swap wires on plug? I know this is probably stupid simple but I can not figure out how to pull the wires out of the plug on the harness to swap them around to run a gauge cluster. I'm doing a idiot light to gauge conversion using the instructions on GMSPauls web site. I know there must be an easy way to get the wires out of the plug without breaking something, anyone know the proper way of doing this?

10-24-2011, 06:43 PM	#2
-sean- Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Colorado Posts: 484	Re: Adding Gauge Cluster: How to swap wires on plug? These... Attached Images

10-24-2011, 06:44 PM	#3
webfoot Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Hermiston, OR Posts: 947	Re: Adding Gauge Cluster: How to swap wires on plug? Compress the end down with a screwdriver and push it out the back. __________________ *Running in place gets you nowhere fast.* -me 1968 GTO 4-spd covnvertible 1970 K-20 4-speed, factory AC.

10-25-2011, 09:58 AM	#5
slomotion Old Duffer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Maine Posts: 1,821	Re: Adding Gauge Cluster: How to swap wires on plug? Look in the female end of your plug and you'll see a small tang that springs out a little and engages a notch inside the plug housing. Take a paperclip, or small screw driver and press this tang towards the center, and your wire should come right out backwards. When you re-install them, make sure they go in with the tang on the notch side, or the wire will pull right back out. __________________ '68 Short C20 Flatbed Dually w/ 292 4bbl, Langdon cast headers, and WC T5 trans. '81 G10 Shorty Van "Good judgement comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgement." Will Rogers "Under promise, then over achieve."

10-25-2011, 06:42 PM	#7
-sean- Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Colorado Posts: 484	Re: Adding Gauge Cluster: How to swap wires on plug? Got it guys, thanks! A little PB Blaster helped 40 plus years of being assembled. A pic for anyone else who may have an issue with this. Attached Images

10-25-2011, 06:46 PM	#8
shawno72 C/10 junkie Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Stockton Ca Posts: 9,093	Re: Adding Gauge Cluster: How to swap wires on plug? Would you happen to have the link to GMCpauls web site for the instructions for the swap? This is something that I have been wanting to do for a while now. __________________ Shawn 70 LWB C10 current driver/project http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=663051 68 SWB C10 Work in progress.....SOLD http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=559520 72 LWB C10 Sold 71 LWB C10 Sold 68 LWB C10 CST Sold http://youtu.be/kbB0QrBIs9k My mom always had the best advice. It was just a tad late. After a fall that involved blood, she'd say....."Careful!"

10-25-2011, 07:05 PM	#10
slomotion Old Duffer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Maine Posts: 1,821	Re: Adding Gauge Cluster: How to swap wires on plug? Good picture! Beats a whole lot of words! __________________ '68 Short C20 Flatbed Dually w/ 292 4bbl, Langdon cast headers, and WC T5 trans. '81 G10 Shorty Van "Good judgement comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgement." Will Rogers "Under promise, then over achieve."



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