I'll post the results of my PSU sleeving when its completed. Easy molex pin extraction, with no messing about, and the clips on the pins don't even need bending out when you want to reinsert themĬredit must go to the cleaner ( ) for finding the pen to use. One end for male pins, the other for female. Added a little insulation tape to make a handle and this is the result: You need something reliable because if the jacks go bad, your amp could be damaged. For this kind of project, there are only three brands of jack to use: Switchcraft, Switchcraft, and Switchcraft. Let's get one thing out of the way right now. The refill from the biro was perfect as it was, it slotted nicely into the other one and I used a little heatshrink to hold it firmly in place. Male/Female Molex connectors Radio Shack 274-154 and 274-151 Wire, Tolex, etc. The gel pen refill needed a bit of work to get the external diameter down, I used a combination of a stanley knife and sand paper. 062+ Pin and Socket Connectors support up to 5.0 and 11. NOTE: I take no responsibility for stained clothes, furniture, pets, etc if anyone reading this attempts what I have done. I went to the sink and pulled the nibs out from the pens and washed all the ink away. The gel pen is from Partners and its refill has the perfect internal diameter for molex pins on a PSU. I don't know if this has been thought of before, but I checked out some pen refills as they look about the right size. I couldn't find one on maplin, or a couple of other electronics stores and I'd tried pressing the little clips in using a small screwdriver and found it too time consuming, not to mention fiddly. I'm about to sleeve the PSU for my new PC, and was looking around for a tool to extract the pins on molex connectors.

Molex connector radio shack