Ignition Question

[WantAn88GT]

Has anyone ever had the pleasure of having pulled the wrong connector when working on something and have the magic pieces fall out?

Needless to say I did, and the pictures show what happened. I'm not good at explaining things so hopefully the images provide enough info.

What I need to know is the orientation of what I'll call the "carrier" to the wired "switch", and which of the two indents the ball bear sits in.

Thanks.

 

[rednotch]

Neither it sits in the metal side under the plastic.. Go to the store, buy a new one or order one of amazon, once the crimp is loose enough to pull apart like that its just a fire hazzard, there cheap, $7-$30 depending on where you get them, either tamper proof bits or grind a slot in them if its blind rivets holding the metal side on.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLShjtvL88Q
. He takes one apart about half way threw on an older model but the designs are pretty much the same

 

[AeroCoupe]

To get to the point you are pissing in the wind. Remove what is left of the old switch (I just use small vise grips and remove the tamper proof bolts and toss them in the trash), buy a new one, and install said new switch. You can replace the "tamper proof" bolts with regular bolts if you can find them locally and if not just reuse the tamper proof and tighten with vice grips or if you can do as rednotch said as that is a better solution if you have a dremel or something like that to cut the slot for the screw driver.

 

[General karthief]

Do they not make torque bits for those? They used to.

https://www.harborfreight.com/security-bit-set-33-piece-68459.html

Sure they do....

 

[AeroCoupe]

Mine had no physical head or torx. There was something on them and when they tightened them the head snapped off making them tamper proof. Believe they are called a sheet head bolt.

 

[General karthief]

Mine had no physical head or torx. There was something on them and when they tightened them the head snapped off making them tamper proof. Believe they are called a sheet head bolt.

Yeah, I've heard that

 

[WantAn88GT]

Do they not make torque bits for those? They used to.

https://www.harborfreight.com/security-bit-set-33-piece-68459.html

Sure they do....

Mine has Torx, with the security type head or whatever they call it.