Display cable connector in BK Precision function generator

[David1]

Hi,

Do you know how to disconnect the 20-cable display connector in the attached images please?



It's in a 1996 BK Precision 4017A function generator. The other connectors in this piece of equipment have interlocking plastic retaining tabs but this one is different.

Thanks

David

[David1]

There are two little lugs that trap a ledge at the bottom of the plug. This is completely hidden when plugged in.

Gentle leverage with a thin-bladed screwdriver worked but did cause some damage (nothing serious). But I'll do it differently next time!

[m k]

Heh,
have I missed those lugs through the decades.

Obviously I've just pulled them out, partially from the cable and off you go stylish.
Some recollections I have that they were not very loosely but nothing about those lugs.
 
Though my case was a bit different.
It's a mass production and female part is own, but I still don't believe any tool was meant to be involved.

[tooki]

That’s a Molex KK 254, TE MTA 100, or one of the countless clones thereof. You just grab the connector body and pull. Wiggle if necessary.