What Would You Do?

[o1marc]

So my genset harness has large connectors on each end. My dilemma is should I cut a big hole in the floor to accept the connector, or cut the wires and utilize a much smaller hole, splice wires back together.

 

[Danjo-SKO]

Cut a hole, pull wire and patch around it. Can you find a “gasket” that would work? Maybe a rubber plug used for plumbing?

 

[Danjo-SKO]

Or, can you get the connectors out of the plug? Are there little plastic tabs holding the connectors in that you can push with a needle and pull out, then reassemble?

 

[jazty]

I would personally mark each wire (different coloured marker perhaps?) and the connector then pop the connector pins out. Usually you can slide a safety pin between the crimped connector on the wire to compress the detent and pull it out.

 

[jazty]

They apparently make tools for the job.. When I need to do the task I grab whatever pointy metal thing I have lying around.

 

[jazty]

There are many designs, but they're mostly similar to this one:

Sometimes the "tang" is on the crimped wire piece. Sometimes it's on the connector housing.

 

[o1marc]

Cut a hole, pull wire and patch around it. Can you find a “gasket” that would work? Maybe a rubber plug used for plumbing?

Hey, thanks for that. A small rubber plug I can slit to get the wires in and then install in the hole.
:Thanx: