Lokim wrote:If you can actually talk to a tech or find a really cool parts guy at your local dealership, they should admit to having a kit of factory Nissan/Infiniti terminals if bribed with the offer of a six-pack. You'll need to get the old terminals out of the connector (I have special tools for that, but a paperclip or small awl works) and then just crimp the terminals on and stick 'em in the empty connector!
Your general advice/idea was pure genius!
I went up to this cool Service Advisor cat in a nice/patient manner and told him my problem of not being able to find this part anywhere without buying the entire harness and that my buddies (that's you) told me that Infiniti Technicians sometimes have extra parts like this lying around.
The dude was so cool he comes straight out and says "
That's right man, we have a big a$$ box of these connectors in a recycle bin that we just collect "just in case" and end up throwing them away when we get too many so I just need you to leave the car here for an hour till I can grab a Tech and he can find some time to look through our massive collection of junk and we'll just cut it off for you at the right spot so you can just solder it in to your existing wire,
and I'll just give it to you for FREE.
He indeed found a perfectly good connector and handed it to me, In case they're not allowed to take tips(or beer
), I sneaked a $10 into an envelope and told him the mail room came by and dropped this by his service desk and fell on the floor, of course when he opens it he'll see it's a $10 bill and understand it was my thank you note, anyways...
