Hey guys, I recently unplugged the 40pin connector under the drivers seat to clean it out. When I did, I noticed that there was a pin or two that had came loose. My gas gauge does not work. I'm thinking it is one of these pins. What would be the dis-advantage of bypassing this connector and hardwiring the wires. Or just the ones that have the pins missing?

Has any one hardwired this before?

 

I tied into that for my third brake light turnsignal a long time ago....so i suppose i hardwired it. Can't you plug in the loose wires?? or did they snap off?

 

i just had to replace the multi pin connector for the multi function swich in the steering column

the little tabs that hold the wire in are probably broken

 

The male part of the connector one of the pins came out I guess. When you look at it and match it up to the female side you can see the female part is still there. I'm going to see if I can remove the cover of the male side tonight. Once in my 02 silverado, I while layed out I drug threw a main harness under the hood. It wasnt bad to solder back together, But then again it wasnt under the truck.