<div dir="auto">Maybe something like this ... <a href="https://www.harborfreight.com/back-probe-kit-22-piece-70614.html?_br_psugg_q=probe">https://www.harborfreight.com/back-probe-kit-22-piece-70614.html?_br_psugg_q=probe</a>. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, May 22, 2024, 11:59 PM Steven Trovato <<a href="mailto:strovato@optonline.net">strovato@optonline.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I need access to the individual pins in automotive <br>
connectors.  Sometimes there are other approaches like back probing <br>
that work.  But other times I need to actually reach into the <br>
connector and connect to a pin or socket.  Most recently I was <br>
working on the power running boards on my Ford Expedition.  I wanted <br>
to apply 12 Volts to one particular pin and ground to a different pin <br>
to actuate the motor.  Switching the two makes the motor operate in <br>
the other direction.  That's how the running boards extend or <br>
retract.  Fortunately, the two pins I needed were separated by an <br>
unused pin location and I was able to use some jumper wires with <br>
small alligator clips.  That worked out, but if the pins had been <br>
adjacent I wouldn't have had enough room.  I see there are some <br>
breakout wire sets available like <br>
this: <br>
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/HT306-Breakout-Leads-Diagnostic-Oscilliscope/dp/B07QXZ79J2" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/HT306-Breakout-Leads-Diagnostic-Oscilliscope/dp/B07QXZ79J2</a>. <br>
This particular one seems to be designed to connect to an <br>
oscilloscope, which is not my situation.  There are also sets of <br>
automotive pins available like this: <br>
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Connector-Terminal-Automotive-Electrical-Removal/dp/B0CRR3GGF1/ref=sr_1_3" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Connector-Terminal-Automotive-Electrical-Removal/dp/B0CRR3GGF1/ref=sr_1_3</a>. <br>
I suppose I could make my own wires as needed.  So, what do you guys <br>
use for these situations?  Of course next time it will probably be a <br>
different car and pins will probably be a different size and/or <br>
shape.  I am sure I won't have every possible size and type, but I'd <br>
like to be able to cover a lot of the possibilities.  Have you found <br>
something that works for you?  Thanks.<br>
<br>
-Steve T.<br>
<br>
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