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jay67fast Gearhead Posts: 146 From: Boca Raton, Florida,U.S.A. Registered: Nov 2004	posted 03-05-2006 04:35 PM I need to replace the turn signal switch on my 67 fastback. The actual steps for the replacement are clear and fairly simple, but I'm at a loss as to what tool I need to disconnect the wire ends from the connector. It's been so long since I saw it done, I just don't remember what tool I need. Can anyone help? A description of the tool would be helpful, a picture would be worth a thousand words (where have I heard that before, it sounds familiar)!! Thanks, Jay67fast
Scott H Gearhead Posts: 1480 From: Chicago area Registered: Mar 2005	posted 03-05-2006 05:22 PM The tool should be easily available at Radio Shack. If you've ever seen a leather hole punch it looks like the wheel on one of those. Round flat disc with various size tubes sticking out the sides. You slip the appropriate size tube over the pin you are trying to remove and the tube will compress the barb at the base of the pin, allowing to you pull the wire/pin out the back of the connector. In a pinch you might be able to do the same thing with a ballpoint pen ink cartridge if you can find one that has a metal cartridge in it. (by the way, plastic pen cartridges make excellent splices for fibre optics - they hold two cut ends in line with each other so the light transmits right thru. I used this trick to fix a cadillac that had a split fibre optic for the tail light indicators)

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