Removed Front Bumper and after removing the main connector which was a difficult procedure due to dirt and not wanting to give it up.
Noticed a few wires had come out of this 12 core female connector which attaches to the bumper.
I pulled gently on one other and it just pulled out.

They had very clean ends I didn't want to go much further so I pushed them all back into the connector.
Having worked 12 years in the Military on radar systems I have never seen this before.
My only thinking is that there are pins on the inside that mate up to the center if the wire when pushed.

I may be dreaming in technicolor but can someone explain this to me.

Regards,
Dave

 

automotive connectors = wild west

 

Sorry Xalty, that make no sense - lol

 

Picture of connector.
https://imgbox.com/5Mo0vXFb

 

It's broken off the pin/socket. It won't make any connection if you just push the wire back in.
You need to de-pin that connector and redo those pulled out wires. If your going to do that it would be worth your while (Especially on an 18 year old Jaguar!) to remove all the pins in that connector to make sure they are still intact.

If you worked with military electronics I am sure you saw the repair tech's fixing messed up plugs and connectors? Very common repair.
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Thanks for that information.
I'm looking carefully at the socket, is there a way to de-pin that style of plug.
Is there a finger tool that you can buy to remove the pins?

This style wasn't around in my time.....

Regards,
Dave

 

Yes, there are special tool kits (I think they are called "terminal remover tool kit") available, you can find them on the internet. They can look like this:


Best regards,

Thomas

 

Yes but be aware there are dozens if not hundreds of variations. You need to look at the plug and try to determine how it comes out.
I have a similar kit to the one above but it seems many times I still don't have the right tool!

Hopefully someone has taken that plug apart and can help?
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The weather etc has done a toll on this connector and after cleaning found one pin has completely corroded off and the others are not much better shape.
The are 10 pins and have found this on Amazon and will solder these in line. Maybe I'll get my proximity alarm working again.
https://imgbox.com/tCKY86WV

 

It should be possible to find the pins of the original connector as single items, so that you can keep the original housing.

 

Yes but finding the rights pins and sockets is not easy?
Any idea where they can be found?

Glad to see you found a connector that will work and I suspect you will fix one or more things after the repair?
Your factory plug has 10 pins and the one in your picture has 6? Maybe just a representative picture and not the actual connector?
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Correct, 10 pins, 2 banks of 5 so will use two of the 6 pins.
There is one heaver wire on each side so will double up on each side and that will tell them apart.
I have the tools to do this and works out to $3 a set. Checked into 10 pin waterproof plug and socket and I'm sure you know what there worth. lol

Regards,

Dave

 

Welcomme to wonderfull world of plurality of automotive connectors
One way is to go to dealer and ask them for a part number for a crimp-on terminal they are male and female or pin and socket in PC jargon. a lot of time they would give you a part number for a repair piece which is a contact crimped on to wire.
Another way is a long tediouse detective work with some dead ends: Go to a electornic distribution catalog like digikey.com mouser.com or newark.com. there you can search for "automotive terminals" then filter it by "crimp" and AWG from 18 to 22.
you get somthing like this:
https://www.mouser.com/c/connectors/...%20style=Crimp
At this point I may filter more if I have additional information and look at the details of documentation and what I have in hand and select closest that meets physical part.
You may be able to find part number for a connector you remove contact from then, search may be easier as you may be able to find a part number for contact that fits this particular connector.
This is the way I have obtain contacts for my needs.
And then there is an AMAZON:
see if you get lucky