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rollingrocktx

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Posted: June 25, 2009 at 12:11 PM / IP Logged

Hey guys/gals

Just put in a new Pioneer 4100 HU, used the PAC wire adapter for the ford specific. Noticed that one of the pins in loose and the connection goes in out and out for the factory sub.

Is there a trick to makeing that pin tighter? Right now we have it tapped up but that is only tempoary. We dont'want to replace the entire wire harness b/c it is a pain to cut and stat over.

We were thinking maybe a toothpick end would help.

Any thoughts or suggestions?

Thanks

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Posted: June 25, 2009 at 12:32 PM / IP Logged

Any jury-rigged solution like a toothpick has the potential to fall out, which simply delays the correct solution, to replace the defective harness.

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Posted: June 25, 2009 at 12:39 PM / IP Logged

If you can remove the pin completely from the harness you may be able to fix it. They typically have a small finger that locks them in to place once they are inserted. That finger can get bent if the harnesses are forced together when the pins aren't lined up.

If that doesn't work, something I just to occasionally do is caretully extract a pin from a similar harness (without damaging it of course) and putting it in to the damaged spot. This could also work if there are wires in the harness that arn't being used.

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paidnfull

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Posted: June 25, 2009 at 1:27 PM / IP Logged

I just put a bit of hot glue or epoxy

rollingrocktx

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Posted: June 25, 2009 at 1:28 PM / IP Logged

Thanks guys,

I ended up taking it out and running it up to the shop to exchange it..will take them a few hours to get to the warehouse and get another one, but I didn't want to mess around with it..even my installer said he would rather have a new one vs trying to make that one work.

Thanks again

soundnsecurity

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Posted: June 25, 2009 at 5:44 PM / IP Logged

if it were me i would just jump the connection with some wire with a connector in the middle. but thats just me, i got an A+ in ghetto rigging from circuit city university loose wire harness trick -- posted image.

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spookiestylez

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Posted: June 25, 2009 at 5:57 PM / IP Logged

As installers ourselves, we would have made it work. But you took the right path as the consumer and got a replacement.

soundsecurity- how dare to speak blasphemy about the chitty city.lol

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soundnsecurity

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spookiestylez wrote:

As installers ourselves, we would have made it work. But you took the right path as the consumer and got a replacement.

soundsecurity- how dare to speak blasphemy about the chitty city.lol

lol, hey, it wasn't that chitty. at least not to one i worked at, cant speak for others but we had some good installers, only the product was garbage.

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Posted: June 26, 2009 at 12:54 PM / IP Logged

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rollingrocktx

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Posted: June 26, 2009 at 3:50 PM / IP Logged

Thanks again guys, got her all installed again last night...hooked it up to the overhead Alpine DVD screen too. works great and we didn't have to drop the head liner again...most of all...momma is happy with it.

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