More end cap assembly this week. It started with taking locking collars off the old connectors so they could be put on the new connectors. It’s a bit of work to pull out a metal retaining ring that’s resting in a groove inside the plastic collar with the connector leaving very little room. Though taking the locking collars off is way easier than putting them on; trying to shove the metal ring back into its groove in a space too small for my finger to fit is a great way to make your finger sore. It’s like when you’re just learning how to play a stringed instrument and you haven’t built up any calluses yet. Except instead of strings they’re metal rings. I’ve now finished assembling most of the end caps. In order to finish the rest, I’m waiting on the 66 pin penetrators to be soldered. Once they are ready to be installed, then the rest of the end caps will be assembled and the housings can be put together and sent off for pressure testing.
A connector with a red locking collar. That little slice of silver is the retaining ring that needs to be taken out in order to remove the locking collar.