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help repinning early Williams display connectors

By Boise_D

2 years ago


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#7 2 years ago

They look similar but I already noticed that the Molex 4366 series (e.g. 08-03-0304) was quite different as you can see in the image below. The Molex 4366 (lower contact) has the following that the above contact does not have: Anti-fishhook (tab bend down at end to prevent it from 'fish hooking" when being pulled back out of connector. Wire stop to prevent wiring from being pushed in too far. Overstress tab - flat bend beneath contact to keep it from being pushed too far in.
Also note that the bend location is not in the right place.
Due to these - I ruled out that it was not the Molex 4366 contact.

But... they might work - you won't know until you try it.
Note to eyeamred2u -- value that bag of contacts! Finding the real thing at a reasonable price has become quite difficult!

The Arcade Parts and Repair contacts are knockoffs to the Molex 4366 contacts. On the down side, they are a softer base metal. On the plus side, they are actually "available" as opposed to the unobtainium Molex 4366 contacts. Having a softer contact is always better than having no contact at all for repairs.

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#10 2 years ago

Real tough to figure out whose are whose in those images. This is one series of connector where AMP did not mark their name or logo on the connector.
AMP made these in both tan and white so cannot go by color.
The tan 18 pin plug appears to be genuine article. No voids at ends of either front or back.

The others could be genuine. Depending on pin count, there were voids in *backside* at ends - either none, one end (usually oriented to pin 1) or both ends. But none of my AMP plugs have a void on the front side as shown in 16 pin connector. However, I don't have any real 16 pin plugs to compare to so that doesn't mean much.

The contacts appear to be a strip version of 350011-1 which would be the proper contact for those connectors. They look right as far as the index hole spacing within strip. Genuine AMP contacts will have "AMP" marked in the crimp area on back side of contact (opposite side from all of those shown in photos).

Does this really mean anything? As long as the contacts fit within the connectors and the connectors fit onto the board - no.

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