Abstract: A method of removing a connecting block from a wiring block and associated tool is disclosed. A rear surface of a telecommunications board is mounted adjacent to a support surface and forms a plenum between the wiring block and support surface where cable-pair conductors are contained. Male connectors are mounted on the telecommunications board and terminate the cable-pair conductors. Female connecting blocks are complementary fitting to the male connectors and include clips that slice through insulation on cable-pair conductors. The female connecting blocks include opposing attachment legs that engage the male connectors. The attachment legs of the connecting block are engaged with the removal tool having opposing lever arms that form pivoting jaws at one end and engage the opposing attachment legs. The opposing lever arms are depressed to spread outward the pivoting jaws and the attachment legs. The removal tool is pulled upward such that the connecting block is removed from the wiring block.

Abstract: A method of inserting color coded wires into a multiple position modular registered jack connector of a telephone connection interface is disclosed. Individual wires that have been exposed by stripping the insulator covering from the end of a phone line are arranged by color in a wire insertion tool having a wire insertion end and pin depression member and grooves on a top surface that are also color coded in an order representing the order in which the ends of the color coded wires are to be placed into the modular registered jack connector. The grooves are dimensioned to receive in a frictional fit the respective color coded wires of the phone line. The wire insertion tool is moved manually into position such that the ends of the wires extend beyond the wire insertion end of the wire insertion tool and are aligned with conductive pins and associated teeth that pierce the insulation on wire, and the associated slots.