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61 13... Socket housing 42-, 43-pin, Hybrid System MQS/MPQ

Special tools required: 

Manufactured by AMP:  The following contact types without strand sealing can be fitted in the socket housings:

Open secondary locks (1) on socket housing.

Press back retaining hook of MQS contacts (2) with special tool 61 0 312 61 1 134 and pull out cable with contact.

Press back retaining hook of MPQ contacts (3) with screwdriver and pull out cable with contact.

Fig 1: Pressing Back Retaining Hooks And Pulling Out Wires/Contacts
G06213409Courtesy of BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, INC.

Installation note: 

Bend open retaining hook of contacts gently before inserting into connector housing.

For installation of contacts, observe chamber numbers on reverse side of socket housing.

Fig 2: Identifying Socket Housing Chamber Numbers
G10143241Courtesy of BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, INC.