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Originally posted by tekk45:
Solder it! Put the terminal in a vice or hold with vice grips. Heat the cup with a burnz-o-matic torch(home depot) feed heavy gauge plumbing solder into cup till its half full of melted solder then insert wire into cup and allow to air cool. Make sure ring terminal cup is clean before soldering.

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the thing is that plumbing solder doesn't actually solder unless you use flux.

All you are doing is dripping solder on top of everything if you are using plumbing solder

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Originally posted by Heavybass99:
I wouldn't bother smashing it with a hammer because that would do poor job. A bench vice would do good because i use it all the time i get good results and connections seem to be working very good.

I did soldering before with torch and heat up the back of the ring and this not eazy to do. Take times and practice. You don't want to burn up the insulation on the wire. I prefer using a bench vise because it do the job for me good all the time.

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all the connections we've ever done in everyone of my spl installs, Steve Cooks installs, and all the vehicles we've built have just had the ends hammered down.

Put the wire in there get on a concrete floor and smash it flat, best connection EVER

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Originally posted by Kartunes WI:
Buy a 1/0 crimping tool from aamp or snap on????? That would be the proper way to do it.

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If you are talking about the "pneumatic" crimpers then all they do is give a 4 side crimp that isn't even that far into the terminal.

I guess really it depends on the terminal you use, if you are using one of the 0 gauge terminals with a split in the connector you can actually hit or crimp one side down and then fold the other over and crimp it down over the first one.

This is what I do when I hammer them down.

If you are using the brass/copper fittings then solder would be the way to go

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Originally posted by PSYCHOACOUSTICS:
and then there is the right way !


first you go to sears and get tone of these:
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00937300000P?keyword=handi+cut
and one of these:
http://www.mygreenlee.com/Products/main.shtml?p_search=hk06ft&greenlee_category_id=100&Submit=Find&portalProcess_2=showGreenleeProductTemplate&upc_number=06196

then you make a movie like so:


part 2:


part3:

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We've used those before, Cook has a pair and I have one of the ones Scosche used to make, when you are wiring up 40 amps you don't have time to take 5 minutes to try to work the crimper by yourself.

Also we've had them pull out when you pull on them hard enough, I'll try to get a pic of one of the ones I smashed down with a hammer tonight

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