5 pin connector-where can i get them? What are they called

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I am replacing my corroded circuit boards and these 2 5 Pin connectors that plug into the dash(see diagram) have seen better days. Does anyone know what they are called and where to get them? My harness is good overall.
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"You don't" unless someone repops them. Certain kinds of what are called "octal" tube sockets, you could remove the pin sleeves and make them work, unless you are headed for absolute restore correct, I would just "use something else. That is what I did as some of my pins were broken and in bad shape. Just scrape down to an adjacent area on the copper trace, and solder pigtail wires to the board. Then terminate the pigtails you have made in some connector to use instead. I used a pair of Molex connectors on mine which come in many different configurations.
 
You can almost see what I did here

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The black wire coiled up is an added ground. The wire going over to what looks like the ammeter is a replacement voltlmeter (there's a thread on conversion)
 
I bought some really nice waterproof connectors on amazon really cheap. They were kind of GM style. I bought sone two pin and 4 pin.
 
I believe the "GM" style are referred to as Delphi
 
Just unpin the connector one pin at a time, dip each pin in tarnex, rinse, blow it dry with compressed air, reinsert pin. Then remove the next pin an start the process over, or just dunk the whole connector in tarnex and let it sit for awhile, then rinse thoroughly, and blow dry with compressed air.
 
Thanks I already ordered and have the 5 pin waterproof connectors and I ordered new circuit boards. I think I found a way to attached the pins to the 5 wire connector using shrink tube with low melt solder as the original pin connectors are really shot. Plus the original pins don't fully contact the entire pin.
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Tried it on my old board and it seems to be a good tight connection
 
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^I would not do that^ The pins are already "shaky" and you are creating a "high leverage" situation. Just scrape the coating off the board traces adjacent to the pins (you can follow where the traces go easily just like a diagram) and solder wiring pigtails right to the board trace. If you use any kind of care with soldering this works well.
 
^I would not do that^ The pins are already "shaky" and you are creating a "high leverage" situation. Just scrape the coating off the board traces adjacent to the pins (you can follow where the traces go easily just like a diagram) and solder wiring pigtails right to the board trace. If you use any kind of care with soldering this works well.

As it is a new board I am not going to start scraping and soldering it I dont see this causing any more of a leverage problem then the original pin connector, plus I can support the wires with a bracket to the back of the cluster reducing any pulling
 
Do what you want I don't care. I was just basing off what you had pictured.
 
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