I'm going through the process of replacing almost all my wiring from the firewall out. The harness I purchased noted that I would need to purchase a new firewall hard shell connector for the 14 colored wires I need to install... but it also goes on to say that this part is no longer manufactured and I need to reuse my old one or purchase a used one... talk about contradicting its self. So now I'm a little confused as to what my next step is.

Also to anyone that has done this before, Is there any chance of royally screwing this up when I unplug the old hardshell that houses the currently used 14 wires?

Thanks

 

sorry I can't really help you, but have you tried painless wiring systems? they might have something.

and I just wanted to say BEAUTIFUL car, it looks great.

 

Thanks, but no painless doesnt seem to have the connector.

 

Your local Radio Shack has the connectors that you seek. They'll also have the correct male/female pins to build the connectors and the special tool to pop the pins in and out of the connectors (It's approx. $5 and worth every penny).

The connectors are cheap and the whole process is fairly straightforward.

After you've finished building your new connectors, it's a bear to get them connected together. It took me awhile to figure out why. The problem is you're trying to force 6,8,10,12 new male connectors into 12 new "virgin" female connectors all at the same time. The "virgins" of course are resistant to initial penetration.If it was just one virgin pin connector, you could easily force/insert the male pin, but when you're talking about 12 at once, it's almost impossible. Each female pin needs to be "broken-in" a little bit before the two halves of the connector will easily snap together. Utilize some loose extra male pins to loosen up each female pin by repeatedly inserting the male pin into the feamle pin. Some dielectric grease also helps with the pin insertion.

Good Luck!

Dave