72 extend into the central bore 76 of the retainer body 28 from u shaped cuts 70 in the wall 78 of the retainer body referring to fig7 a plan view is presented of the preferred embodiment of the present invention a liquid tight connector 20 consisting of an assemblage of the five separate portions including the snap tight ring 22 washer 24 ferrule bushing 26 retainer body cover 30 and retainer body covered by retainer body cover and therefore not in view in fig7 the end 46 of the ferrule 38 is shown extending from the retainer body cover 30 on the left side of fig7 with the flange 32 and its hex surface 54 toward the right of fig7 outward tangs 80 on the snap tight ring 22 restrain the washer 24 on the nose 50 of the ferrule bushing 26 the snap tight ring 22 may be held on the nose 50 by inward tangs not shown in fig7 that mate with the threaded shoulder 52 of the nose 50 further details of the snap tight ring may be found in u s pat no 6 080 933 issued jun 27 2000 in the name of thomas j gretz for u201c snap in cable connector u201d.