How do you take apart the electrical connectors, like the IAT or IAC connectors? I "probed" around w/ a safety pin but no clips were releasing

 

You carefully bend back the catch on the connector until it clears a small tab (you can see it pretty clearly in the pic) on whatever it is coming off of. If you get too aggressive with a connector that has seen a lot of heat or is old, you can snap it off (so be nice). Give it a wiggle and it should come free. Never pull on the wires.

 

Oh, I mean removing the wires from the plug. I was able to do it to the temp. sensor in the head by pushing a pin into the little slot above each wire female terminal, it released the clip inside the plug and I easily pulled out the wires w/ the female terminals on them.

 

go to radioshack and buy the lil terminal tools for it. makes life realllly easy, if anything else, get a smallll screwdriver or pick and press the lil catches on the metal pins in and it should slide out.

 

I guess I feel stupid. Seems like there have been some real basic questions around here lately, though.

Tools like mentioned or jewelers screwdrivers. Some multiple wire connectors have a "cap" on the back that should be removed first. Be careful, because you can easily break the "lock tang" on an individual terminal.

 

I ghetto rigged a 'pin tool' from a section of an old telescopic antenna off an old radio.. one of the sections was just the right diameter inside...
You might try something like that..