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Originally Posted by vic0239
The connection isn't made by means of a female plug, just an old bakelite terminal connection block which was badly chipped and screwed onto the pins. I've replaced that with a polyethylene equivalent, but had to trip back some of the insulation to ensure a good grip of the pins.
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The original connector would have indeed been a 2-pin female push-on affair, with screw terminals to attach the flex, enclosed in two Bakelite halves. I've attached a picture of one, just in case you come across one in a pile of old junk one day.
But these get lost, so people improvise with eletricians' "choc bloc" screw terminals, as you've found. These tend to squash the male pins and are even less touchproof than the original connector, so great care should be exercised if you go down this route. It would be wise to make a protective boot using heat-shrink tubing, or even insulating tape or self-amalgamating tape. And if you're doing this, you may as well fit an earth lead too, and make up some kind of cord grip.
Nick.