Steering column wiring

[armyofchuckness]

welp, I was trying to disassemble my steering column in my 64 Valiant automatic because I'm switching to a power steering shaft instead of a manual and I wanted to paint it while I was at it. Long story short, I broke the clip for the electrical on the lower end of the column trying to back the wires out of the bracket. Anyone have a replacement one lying around? I'll be happy to pay and/or trade out an early A manual shaft for it.

Also, does anyone know the right way to get the wiring harness in and out of the column without destroying it?

Thanks!

 

[67Dart273]

You talking about the TS switch I assume? Not familiar with that connector but most of those you can release the terminals, pull them out of the connector, and snake it out. Tie one of 'em to a fish wire

 

[armyofchuckness]

There was a bank of seven wires coming out near the base of the column in a little brick shaped connector clip. I tried backing them out but they metal on the first one snapped immediately.

 

[65 Dartman]

There's a special tool used to remove those connectors - found it on eBay from a guy selling a lot of Mopar-specific removal tools. I'll take a look and see if I have a spare connector although it might still have wires attached.