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where can i find tools that will do this job for me and about how much will they cost Thanks
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This is what i use your gonna laugh but it works VERY good. Wire snipper for cutting insulation, I make like 4 or 5 snips all the way around then yank it off. Then i use a hammer to crimp the gold terminals and let me tell you it CRIMPS them allright it makes the 4 gauge flat. HAMMERS RULE Posts: 841 | From: Pennsylvania | Registered: Feb 2002
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I use whatever to strip the casing off, and I use a vice grip to crimp. snap the vice grip shut, then release it and tighten it a little, and then shut it again. Just keep doin that until it's nice and tight.
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wow i will never let you guys near my vehicle
use the right tools for the job. if you dont have the tools, find someone who does or buy them yourself.
a tool like this is what you need. this is a "hammer style" battery cable crimper. it will cleanly and securly crimp wire/terminals as small as 10 gauge all the way up to 4/0 cable. you raise the spring loaded mallet, lay the terminal with wire underneith it across the V groove, then hammer on the top mallet to crimp the wire/terminal together. i have one myself, and it makes crimps 100 times stonger than a vise or hammer. this particular one costs $40 from parts express, but i found mine (almost identical to this one) for $25 at a local battery shop.
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Go screwless. They are reusable and will save you money in the long run. Also Ive used solder to hold wire in the ends. Have not had one break loose yet.
Posts: 50 | From: Austin TEXAS | Registered: Mar 2002
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I use a coax crimp tool then soldier the wire to the terminal with a propane torch (very low flame) then heat shrink tube over the end, followed by a few layer of good electical tape
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I strip the wire with anything sharp, Then I use a blowtorch on low flame and solder the wire. Works everytime !
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you can get most of your tools at Parts Express. I would only use this place for tools though. Posts: 10 | From: Chicago | Registered: Mar 2002
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You can get a crimper like that from Delcity for $17.19 I think. Their web site is www.delcity.net.
It's under Tools and Testers / Crimping and Heating / Crimping / and it's the first item. They have every kind of crimping tool known to man (and woman, even). I just use vice-grip pliers or a table vice. Though on the table vice I bent the handle trying to crimp a 2-gauge. It was a cheap pos, though.
I always add solder to my mechanical crimp... Then I wrap it up with good electrical tape (3m Super 88 is perfect) and finish it off with a piece of shrink tube. Then I torture test the connection by hooking to terminal on something and trying to pull it out. Since I added solder to the mix, I've never been able to pull one out.
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hey all i do is just take regualer stripers and just cut the insulation around the wire and the just take and put the conector on a hard surfice like a garauge floor or pave ment and just hit it with a hammer a couple of time it sounds really half ass but it works
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5lb hammer and a blunt punch/cold chisel right down the seam w/a couple of hard hits on top of a vice. Works like a charm and still looks acceptable, doesnt flatten out
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maaannnn.. forget all that hammer, vices, and 40 dollar 0 GA crimpers,, i got a pair of $9.99 cheapo bolt cutters and it crimped my 2/0 ring terminal no prob, don't crimp too hard or you'll cut it but the right amt of pressure, you could put the ring terminal over a trailer hitch and tow your momma with 2/0 wire.
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Solder works very well.. Depends on the type of connector.. Solder and then crimp also works...
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