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• Re: Electrical "Locking" Terminal Info + Question
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 8 Feb 2013 21:48:12 -0800
  ...as long as it's a quality part. > Pull-test all crimped connections of course > > "It's in the workmanship, not the parts used...
• Re: Electrical "Locking" Terminal Info + Question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 8 Feb 2013 21:35:00 -0800
  ...Pull-test all crimped connections of course "It's in the workmanship, not the parts used so much." scott turbovans On 2/8/2013...
• Re: running problems, 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Sun, 5 Feb 2006 00:06:58 -0500
  there are a couple ways to "clean" those connections, the fix it and forget it ways are these. make yourself a little tool to...
• Re: Steel fuel line adapter & curtain springs
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 26 Jun 2012 23:37:10 -0400
  ...hose from sliding you need a tighter connection than a spring clamp provides so a crimp or smooth bore screw clamp is a better...
• Re: source for solder-on quick disconnects?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Sun, 6 May 2012 18:40:37 -0400
  ...gauges, whatever) I always solder on > crimp-style quick disconnects as I don't trust the crimp connection. this > is a bit messy. > > I...
• Re: Crimp tools
  Historical mailing list - Karl Batzler
  Sun, 31 Jan 1999 18:29:48 -0800
  Walt says: >My crimping tool is German made, but the brand name is worn off of the handle. Search out specialty tool suppliers. Either...
• Re: Is there such a too?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:46:07 -0500
  ...The special ratcheting crimping tool costs just under $40.00 but the result is fantastic. Mike Zoltan Kuthy wrote: > I am about to clean...
• Re: source for solder-on quick disconnects?
  Historical mailing list - Bill M
  Sun, 6 May 2012 19:43:14 -0400
  ...gauges, whatever) I always solder on >>> crimp-style quick disconnects as I don't trust the crimp connection. >> this >>> is a bit messy. >>> >>> I...
• source for solder-on quick disconnects?
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sun, 6 May 2012 17:29:36 -0400
  Whenever wiring electrical things (gauges, whatever) I always solder on crimp-style quick disconnects as I don't trust the crimp connection. this is...
• Hypothetical wiring question
  Historical mailing list - Scott LeGear
  Tue, 4 Dec 2001 12:31:09 -0700
  ...crimp connections and this is a subject that I've been wondering about for quite a while. I'm wondering if someone with actual...
• Re: Steel fuel line adapter & curtain springs
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 26 Jun 2012 19:27:36 -0700
  ...At the forward end of that hose, where it is clamped by a crimp type small hose clamp originally, that is The Spot that...
• Re: another spade terminal question - syncro temp gauge sender
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Sun, 10 Feb 2013 09:54:09 -0800
  ...what about a neoprene (?) boot over the connection ? as with the fuel pump and starter motor connectors. splash guard and a little wire/crimp...
• Re: Soldered Connections
  Historical mailing list - Steve Green
  Mon, 8 Feb 1999 22:43:53 GMT
  Most garden-variety crimp connectors are made of a copper-zinc alloy plated with tin or tin-lead. It doesn't look like copper...
• Re: Crimp vs splice
  Historical mailing list - Ed Sato
  Mon, 10 Dec 2001 22:23:51 -1000
  The basis for his argument was that the solder can easily heat up and then the connection goes to hell. He said he thought...
• Re: source for solder-on quick disconnects?
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sun, 6 May 2012 19:10:22 -0400
  ...gauges, whatever) I always solder on > > crimp-style quick disconnects as I don't trust the crimp connection. > this > > is a bit messy. > > > > I...
• Re: source for solder-on quick disconnects?
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sun, 6 May 2012 18:34:19 -0400
  ...gauges, whatever) I always solder on > crimp-style quick disconnects as I don't trust the crimp connection. this > is a bit messy. > > I...
• Re: Air Conditioning wiring burning (Urgent....Please Read Me!)
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Dongilli
  Sun, 9 Aug 1998 09:02:09 -0700
  ...These wires draw very high current and _any_ amount of extra resistance in that crimp is going to heat up to some degree as...
• Re: A/C panel melted
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 29 Jun 2004 12:37:27 -0400
  ...The crimp on the ring terminal in the picture on the right is bad. Making a bad connection it got hot and did a...
• Re: insulating connectors (was: dying battery/alternator)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
  Sun, 7 Jun 1998 13:42:16 -0400
  ...The wire was crimp spliced with a bare crimp. Soldered the connection. Brushed with "Scotch-Kote" (the official liquid tape). Covered with heatshrink, and...
• FW: [Syncro] CV Boots and crimp clamps
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Tue, 22 Aug 2000 10:12:14 -0400
  ...Re: [Syncro] CV Boots and crimp clamps I have never used the clamps on the rear CV joint boots. Once when a friend did...
• Re: Steel fuel line adapter & curtain springs
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 26 Jun 2012 21:33:22 -0500
  ...But I think mine must have had that simply run without that connection at some point in time. What is the reason for it...
• Re: SOLDERED CONNECTIONS
  Historical mailing list - David-M
  Sat, 30 Jan 1999 14:43:10 -0500
  ...Probably the > best advice I received from my mentor was that mechanical connections = > crimping, twisting, hooking AND electrical connections = lots of > mechanical contact and...
• Re: High quality two pole 60A wiring connectors
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 13 Sep 2011 23:34:56 -0400
  ...amp variety, and crimped mine (I have a crimper of just the proper size.) Designed for high current, high quality connections. You can get...
• Re: redoing ground connections on left cylinder head ('84 1.9L engine)
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Wed, 4 Jan 2012 20:31:41 -0800
  ...AMP crimper for proper crimping for an oxygen free aerospace grade connection.� I still solder these, as I have countless other connections in countless...
• Subject: 86 Syncro dies again
  Historical mailing list - WFryer
  Tue, 25 Apr 2000 21:57:21 -0700
  ...It had broken inside the plastic sleeve covering the crimp-on ring connector at the alternator, and the connection was intermittent. You might want...
• Re: liquid electrical tape for your newly cleaned ground connections
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 1 May 2001 00:40:12 -0400
  Don't do it...great stuff for sealing off crimp connections from salt air and such, but the thought of having to clean that...
• Re: electrical problems with headlights
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 2 Feb 2003 20:58:44 -0500
  You probably burned up the ground connection. It is located above the fuse box. All the headlights share a single ground crimp. As an...
• Re: Rear A/C fuse overheat!
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 6 Jul 1999 23:26:43 -0400
  It has been found (on the list) that the crimp connection is the problem here. Cut off the lug and install new ones. They...
• Re: source for solder-on quick disconnects?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 6 May 2012 16:54:24 -0500
  ...gauges, whatever) I always solder on crimp-style quick disconnects as I don't trust the crimp connection. this is a bit messy. I...
• Re: Instrument Cluster Lights
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:06:23 -0400
  ...VW made their connections with little crimp terminals that stab through the whole thing. I recommend not to solder to one of these, as...
• Electrical connection prep.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 10 Apr 2020 11:49:26 -0700
  Thought I’d start another subject just to keep things tidy :-) Lots of opinions and lots of info about electrical connection treatments. Not crimps...
• Re: Soldered Connections
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Mon, 8 Feb 1999 01:57:06 -0600
  ...However, IMHO if you can't solder them, they are not tin-coated copper crimps, but aluminum. As they obviously are, as you have...
• Re: Cleaning contacts/Oil light buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Nathan Mc Blain
  Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:43:15 -0700
  ...the connections, the ones that are not to far gone. I was just thinking maybe theres a better type connector I could crimp and...
• Re: Cleaning contacts/Oil light buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:50:26 -0700
  You can buy crimp-on spades with clear vinyl protective boots at the parts store. Lordco, Canadian Tire and Schuck's locally. On 4...
• Re: Male connector
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 10 Jan 2011 23:30:06 -0500
  ...Looking online did Zolly, do you mean a permanent connection? Or just a regular automotive Fast-On type male-female connection that's nice...
• Re: How to deal with short ALT cable
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:48:48 -0400
  ...The pros and cons of soldered vs crimped connections, and the correct technique for soldering a wire that will be used under vibrating conditions...
• Headlight Switches and Electrical Fires
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Dongilli
  Wed, 9 Sep 1998 20:10:37 -0700
  ...Replaced the terminal (crimped and soldered)......like magic I got a cool connection. Did them all this way. Worked wonders.....night and day. _All...
• Re: Headlights not working (?) --> FIXED!
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Kimmons
  Sun, 10 Dec 2000 15:51:50 -0600
  ...The two wires had formed a one-inch melted 'Y' shape coming from the ground crimp connector. I split them up, each with their...
• Re: Send in the Grounds...
  Historical mailing list - Pete Cassidy
  Fri, 18 Jun 1999 08:13:29 -0700
  ...Schwenk said: >Where are the main ground connections that if loose may >affect FI performance? >I need a little help due to time. >Thanks...
• Re: burning smell under dash
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 17 Aug 2000 18:39:17 -0400
  Bad connection either btw the male and female parts, or more likely where the terminal is crimped on the wire. Gotta fix it. Those...
• Re: #8 Wire Terminal Crimp w/DIY Tools. Pass or fail? PICS
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 16 Mar 2013 12:04:54 -0700
  > I've used the hammer type crimper that he shows in the first photo. I don't see the image but google shows what...
• Fuel hose clamp tool
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Tue, 5 Apr 2011 10:21:08 -0700
  Does someone know what the proper clamp tool is to remove install the small blue ( crimp style) clamps on fuel hose/injector connections? Sorry...
• FW: [Syncro] CV Boots and crimp clamps
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Tue, 22 Aug 2000 10:50:35 -0400
  ...FW: [Syncro] CV Boots and crimp clamps We have received the best results by using only the large clamp. The key is to grease...
• Re: Euro Van pitfalls
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Wed, 8 Mar 2000 17:45:37 EST
  ...The leaks are due to the aging of the rubber fuel lines and the crimped factory connectors. Since the '93 models are at least...
• Re: Fridge=Beer
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:21:40 -0800
  ...Then start changing the crimped on ends along the path. The wire itself should be fine unless when you prepare the end for crimping...
• Re: Intermittent hot start problem - check all connections!
  Historical mailing list - James
  Mon, 14 Sep 2015 17:17:39 -0400
  oh..fwiw ..in all things car performance related ..I find poor >>> connections being the real cause as much as a good 60 to 70...
• Re: source for solder-on quick disconnects?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 6 May 2012 20:39:45 -0400
  ...gauges, whatever) I always solder on crimp-style quick disconnects as I don't trust the crimp connection. this is a bit messy. I...
• Re: redoing ground connections on left cylinder head ('84 1.9L engine)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 4 Jan 2012 22:18:26 -0500
  ...My own opinion is that a properly secured crimp connection is more likely to survive for a long time than a solder connection in...
• Re: 73 Safare update - curtains/cabinets/carpet/CB/cool!
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Tue, 16 May 1995 18:47:15 -0700 (PDT)
  ...couldn't get > the resin core solder to flow into the crimped connections. Yes they were > dirty, but I tried to clean them the...
• Re: Wire crimp tool, find
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 28 Jun 2024 10:36:24 -0500
  ...Whatever you want to crimp, there is a jaw made for it. There wasn’t even an Amazon when I bought mine but even...
• Re: source for solder-on quick disconnects?
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Mon, 7 May 2012 21:37:45 -0500
  ...gauges, whatever) I always solder on > crimp-style quick disconnects as I don't trust the crimp connection. this > is a bit messy. > > I...
• Re: Tools
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 10 Jan 2011 23:14:41 -0500
  ...Personally I like crimp connections to work the way they're supposed to, which means that both connector and tool are going to cost...
• Cigarette Lighter
  Historical mailing list - vw woody
  Wed, 9 Apr 2014 11:51:40 -0500
  ...to crimp on the female connectors I must have pulled something loose. For the life of me I cannot figure out which connection I...
• Re: Vanagon oil pressure switches,or the lack thereof!!
  Historical mailing list - John
  Fri, 8 Oct 1999 15:08:24 -0400
  ...small bag of them, how can I send one to you ? Also unless you have the special crimping pliers, solder the connection. Regards, JP
• Re: Why Do Late model Vanagon Engines Catch on Fire?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 17 Dec 2003 13:37:51 EST
  ...Usually, a properly sized, full circle hose clamp can replace the original crimped clamp to stop a leaky connection. If you find a leak...
• Re: Cigarette Lighter
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 9 Apr 2014 11:52:12 -0700
  ...to crimp on the female connectors I must have pulled something loose. For the life of me I cannot figure out which connection I...
• Re: Partially burned rear wiper electrical connector. Motor Heat Damaged it?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 19 May 2016 13:17:16 -0400
  This is what happens when a crimp goes bad or the connection between male and female terminal gets high resistance. Total power used in...
• Re: "Leads" from main battery for jump start/charging?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 7 Mar 2012 10:26:11 -0800
  ...will need a very beefy crimper made for just that or you will need to solder the connections, you will need a small torch...
• Re: 73 Safare update - curtains/cabinets/carpet/CB/cool!
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Tue, 16 May 1995 20:41:46 -0500 (CDT)
  ...couldn't get the resin core solder to flow into the crimped connections. Yes they were dirty, but I tried to clean them the...
• Re: battery cable contact problem
  Historical mailing list - Charlie Partin
  Tue, 18 May 1999 16:14:51 -0600
  ...I've almost always had poor luck with reusing a crimp-type connection. The best bet is to solder the connector on. Charlie