fig5 in phantom integrally formed with wire cover portion 70 which upon final assembly mechanically engages wire harness 14 by compression once the slide member wire cover 24 is fully inserted into its final assembly position wherein abutment surfaces 80 and 82 contact the top surface 36 of connector body 20 engagement tabs 100 spring outwardly returning flexure beams 98 to their initial relaxed position insodoing tabs 100 project into side openings 114 and 116 formed in rear and front lateral extensions 44 and 46 respectively of connector body 20 when slide member wire cover 24 is in the fully inserted position as illustrated in fig1 and 4 abutment surfaces 104 of engagement tabs 100 contact respective mating abutment surfaces 118 preventing removal of any portion of slide member wire cover 24 from its assembled position upon installation of slide member wire cover 24 the wire cover portion substantially covers the top surface 60 of the terminal carrier 22 as well as the terminal receiving passageways 56 and any wire segments emerging there from each terminal receiving passageway 56 has a characteristic line of elongation designated l l as individual electrical conductors 12 are gathered to form harness 14 they are offset to follow a line of elongation designated r r of wire cover portion 70 and exit assembly 10 through second open end 108 line of elongation l l is substantially angularly offset from line of elongation r r in the preferred embodiment of the invention this offset is a right angle however other angular offsets.