what is the tool called ...

1105 said:

one finger on each side, pull clips out a little, pull plug off.... Cheap and easy.

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Works pretty well for me also.
Seriously, you don't need any special tool.

I guess it could help you keep from breaking them so much.

The connectors for the injectors pull right off with 1 hand. If your talking about the fuel rails, then you need a quick disconnect tool set for like $10.

I have had some sticky ones myself so I feel DJHA's pain. I never used one of those tire-spoons err I mean wiring disconnect tools.
I use a small flat head screwdriver and my test light's pointer, like some sort of funky chop sticks.

J.T., sounds like you've made some sort of "art" out of it. The old chop sticks method, lol.

DJHA90 said:

So if your using a finger on each side to pull the clips out -- what do you use to pull the plug out? I must be missing something here (like another hand)

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I call it finesse and body english (which can include blowing on the connector to try and unseat it. ). With the tabs pulled up, you 'scoochie' the connector up via the chopsticks (which are against the retainer tabs on the connector body).
Or sometimes you can get one side of the connector unlatched and slid up just a hair so it does not relatch. Then you can undo the other side while pulling on the connector's housing (half the time the first side relatches anyways).

Justin, Yeah I fight connectors. In the desert, the plastic gets real brittle so I try to be gentle. I just recently had to do the 'Scoochie and chopsticks' method on the 88's stock alternator main plug (3G alt's dont have that plug). So DJHA's topic rang a bell. In my younger years I would break one side of the retainer clip off inadvertantly while trying to bend it so far that it could not relatch.