1968 F250 Gauge Wiring harness issue

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1968 F250 Gauge Wiring harness issue

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I purchased the complete painless wiring kit for my truck since the PO cut up the old one excessively. I am having an issue with the harness on the back of the gauges that is reused though. the little pins on the ends of the wires inside the white quick connect piece are all smashed up and wont plug into the painless harness. I cannot find new ones of the connectors that are inside the quick connect piece... probably mostly due to my lack of knowledge for the proper term for what they are called.

In the attached picture, I am taking about the white connector on the bottom right of the picture. Each wire that runs into that connect has a little metal pin inside the connector.... those are what I am needing to replace.

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Re: 1968 F250 Gauge Wiring harness issue

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Typically a push on type wiring connector is referred to as a "spade connector" (with many different variations defining what type of spade connector it is). It might be called a pin connector but I'm not 100% sure on that.

But just a heads up it might actually be easier to source the replacement harness end itself rather than the new connectors, (look for both new and used). Here's a few sources to reach out to if you go that route:
https://findpigtails.com/?msclkid=51cc4 ... 66fc57f3a0

https://www.alliedelec.com/automotive-c ... -contacts/

https://connectorexperts.com/
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Re: 1968 F250 Gauge Wiring harness issue

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basketcase0302 wrote:Typically a push on type wiring connector is referred to as a "spade connector" (with many different variations defining what type of spade connector it is). It might be called a pin connector but I'm not 100% sure on that.

But just a heads up it might actually be easier to source the replacement harness end itself rather than the new connectors, (look for both new and used). Here's a few sources to reach out to if you go that route:
https://findpigtails.com/?msclkid=51cc4 ... 66fc57f3a0

https://www.alliedelec.com/automotive-c ... -contacts/

https://connectorexperts.com/

Thank you for the possible leads. the second one in particular seems very promising....just scrolling through nearly 1000 connectors currently
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:thup:
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Re: 1968 F250 Gauge Wiring harness issue

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These connectors are generically called Molex connectors. The shells are typically found in 2 to 12 connections, but could be more, in a large variety of configurations. The male and female pins generally used come in two typical sizes, the ones in the photo are probably .093" size. The pins are designed to come out with a tool but a small piece of curved shim-like material or small screwdriver will generally work. Various vendors such as TE/AMP, Molex Waldom make the same connectors. Pull out one pin and match it up with a catalog photo. Examples would be like 770529-1 or 770145-5.

https://www.digikey.com/en/products/det ... 0BGEBdAvkA

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