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nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelect
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Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:23 pm Post subject: Molex - AMP "Mate-n-Lock" pin extraction tool

At 12:32 PM 4/14/2009, you wrote:

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		  Anyone know where I can get a high quality Molex - AMP "Mate-n-Lock pin extraction tool as sold by Steinair?



 I have the blue and white tool as sold by Stein and Spruce but it is not the right tool. Need to do battle with keep on rebending it and once in a while lose a pin.



 I have universal tool from Spruce but largest insert it is not big enough.



 Radio Shack cheap extraction tool works great for their connectors but it is too small for Steins.



 I saw on EAA instructional video a tool that looked like a blue anodized aluminium handle with a stout insert. 	


   Depends on the specific connector. There are a number

   of "similar" products which can be inserted/extracted

   with a tool for another series . . . but as you can see

   here:



  http://tinyurl.com/clkq9t 



  http://tinyurl.com/dc6j2y 



   there's a whole fist-full of tools for the Mate-n-Lok

   series connectors. Further, be sure you're not really

   looking for a Waldom/Molex tool. Lots of folks mistake

   the W/M parts for Tyco-Amp.



   Your description of a "blue anodized tool" reminds me

   of this critter:



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 This is the Molex 11-03-0006 for the larger, .093 power

 pins which are 'close' to Tyco-Amp Mate-n-Lok but no

 cigar. The smaller .062 power pin tool is red. But

 Digikey will have the tool you need once you figure out

 which connectors you're working with.



 

 

        Bob . . .



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nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelect
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Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 7:39 pm Post subject: Molex - AMP "Mate-n-Lock" pin extraction tool

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FWIW, I removed all the molex connectors from my airframe

because they are the least reliable I know, highly prone to the

connectors backing out of the bodies secondary to vibration.


	


    I was working at Cessna when the Amp Mate-n-Loks

    came in the door. This would have been about 1968.

    After years of paying homage to "aircraft quality"

    connectors at Boeing and Cessna, I was skeptical

    of these cheesy looking connectors.



    In the intervening years, I've had numerous

    occasions to ask FBO mechanics what problems they've

    had to fight with those connectors. The complaints

    were surprisingly few. If these things don't get

    splashed with water or mechanically damaged, they've

    held up well.



    Of course, this presumes they've been installed

    to the manufacturer's specifications.

        Bob . . .



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rampil

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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 10:16 am Post subject: Re: Molex - AMP

Hi Bob,



Sometimes your mileage may vary!



I used the AMP frame and the specified dies.  One wire once pulled out

under minimal strain(and I will take the hit for that!), in the other cases,

the wire/connection pin or socket just backed out of the plastic.



Given the pain in the neck that repairing finished connectors in an airframe

can be, I chose to invest in a higher quality part which mostly translates to AMP CPC connectors



Ira

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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 4:52 pm Post subject: Molex - AMP "Mate-n-Lock" pin extraction tool

At 01:16 PM 4/16/2009, you wrote:

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Hi Bob,



Sometimes your mileage may vary!



I used the AMP frame and the specified dies.  One wire once pulled out

under minimal strain(and I will take the hit for that!), in the other cases,

the wire/connection pin or socket just backed out of the plastic.



Given the pain in the neck that repairing finished connectors in an airframe

can be, I chose to invest in a higher quality part which mostly 

translates to AMP CPC connectors


	


   Hmmmm . . . can you send me your tool, some pins and

   the connectors you're working with? Something doesn't

   add up here. AMP has been in business for a very long

   time and they seldom stub their toe . . . especially

   on a legacy product of some 40+ years.

        Bob . . .



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