possibly found the culprit

[SuperSix]

Do you touch yourself to a DiGikey catalog?

[daveismissing]

Do you need to fancy-dancy crimper he sells?

A good crimp is better than soldering.
Soldering is better than a bad crimp.
That's the catch-22.

link to his crimp tool?

This is not totally true.

A crimp with a soldered connection is the best possible connection.

Oh and if you want the best you want an exothermic connection but forget that in this case.

AJ___

I guess we agree to disagree.
Solder wicks up and makes the stranded wire solid. the point where the solder stops is where all the bending occurs creating a stress point. You would then need to put a strain relief above that point.
Mil spec connectors are pretty much crimp except for old legacy parts.

[daveismissing]

You keep a stock of thermite at home A.J. ?

[$1987 GN$]

Do you need to fancy-dancy crimper he sells?

A good crimp is better than soldering.
Soldering is better than a bad crimp.
That's the catch-22.

link to his crimp tool?

This is not totally true.

A crimp with a soldered connection is the best possible connection.

Oh and if you want the best you want an exothermic connection but forget that in this case.

AJ___

I guess we agree to disagree.
Solder wicks up and makes the stranded wire solid. the point where the solder stops is where all the bending occurs creating a stress point. You would then need to put a strain relief above that point.
Mil spec connectors are pretty much crimp except for old legacy parts.

Well better tell Mil spec that cause what you are talking about is capillary action and that is caused by poor technique.

IIRC late 80's Mil 457 something and 2000 but I am getting old and forgetful. I would have to dig into my paper work to be exact.

You can disagree with me that is fine, but it is not me that wrote the Mil spec or setup the course to teach people the way to do it. Engineering 60 IIRC

AJ___

[$1987 GN$]

You keep a stock of thermite at home A.J. ?

There are other ways to make those type of connections.

Ok enough of my babbling it is beyond the scope of this thread I will be quiet.

I apologize people.

AJ___

[Steve Wood]

Wire nuts...that is the way real men do it!

[TURBOPOWERED68]

Wire nuts...that is the way real men do it!

thats how i hooked up my "temporary" sound system. Its only been 2 years.  

[Steve Wood]

I bought an Elky that had been started, but, not finished...guy had used lamp cord and wire nuts to install power door locks, windows, alarm system and other things....I spent half a day removing all that stuff...

[daveismissing]

Do you touch yourself to a DiGikey catalog?

Real Geeks would know Newark and Allied catalogues have better pictures

[Steve Wood]

I used to go to the Allied store to buy stuff...back in the sixties

[daveismissing]

Geek Nerd..... yah me too. 

[earlbrown]

I was in my kitchen a couple nights ago cleaning some motorcycle carbs. For some reason there was green corrosion in the floatbowls and on the floats. (that's what I get for forgetting to drive my bike for three years)

I grabbed some CLR from under the sink and it ate the hell out of the corrosion. If you want to try that, take a aresol cap and dunk the plug into it for a few hours. Then blast it with parts cleaner or CRC electrical cleaner.

Since you're cool with soldering/crimping, I'd source the pins and swap them out 1 by 1.The harness would end up 1/4" shorter but there should be room.

[phil_long]

CLR would be a great idea.  I dont think that the vinegar did the trick, but i didnt let it "soak" either.  I def plan to give it another go.  And Earl, are you speaking of the pins on the ECM or the actual plug?  I haven't been able to remove them from that plug yet.  Thats my next mission..

[earlbrown]

The actual plug. CLR comes in a plastic jug so it should only attack the corrosion.

 Ebay sells pin extractor tools pretty cheap. I've been meaning to buy one for years now. Only problem is that the only time I really need it is when I really need it

[phil_long]

Ok, so the pins have to be  extracted with a certain tool.