Volkswagen Polo Service & Repair Manual: Contacts in Contact Housing, Repairing
| First, open or release if necessary the secondary lock of
the contact housing. Refer to
→ Chapter „Contact Housings, Releasing and Disassembling“. |
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Release contact (primary lock) using the appropriate release
tool. Refer to
→ Chapter „Contact Housings, Releasing and Disassembling“. |
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Pull contact at single wire out of contact housing. |
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Take the yellow repair wire with the correct contact out of
the Wiring Harness Repair Set -VAS1978-. |
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Free up repair point of vehicle-specific wiring harness
(approximately 20 cm to both sides of repair point). |
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If required, remove wiring harness wrapping using a folding
knife. |
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Insert new contact of repair wire into contact housing until
it engages. |
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Slide a single wire seal onto the repair wire. |
 Note
| When doing this, small diameter of single seal must point
toward contact housing. |
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Slide single wire seal into contact housing using the
correct assembly tool. Refer to
→ Chapter „Single Wire Seals, Installing“. |
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Shorten the repair wire and the vehicle-specific wiring
harness single wire as needed using the Wiring Harness Repair
Set - Wire Strippers -VAS1978/3-. |
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Strip ends of repair wire and of vehicle-specific single
wire using 6 - 7 mm wire stripper. |
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Crimp the stripped ends of repair wire and single wire of
vehicle-specific wiring harness using crimp pliers and a crimp
connection as described in chapter “Wire break with single
repair point”. Refer to
→ Chapter „Wire Break with Single Repair Point“. |
Note
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| Make sure that crimp connections do not lie directly next to
each other when several wires need to be repaired. Arrange the
crimp connectors at a slight offset so that the circumference of
the wiring harness does not become too large. |
| In the event the repair point was previous taped, this point
must be taped anew with yellow insulating tape after repairs. |
| Secure the repaired wiring harness if necessary with a cable
tie to prevent flapping noises while driving. |
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Note
Observe general notes for repairs on the vehicle electrical
system. Refer to
→ Chapter „Vehicle Electrical System, General Repa ...
Note
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into the contact housing. They are installed, for example, in
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