Searching the archives

[Tom Nas]

Kent McLean <kentmclean at mindspring.com> wrote;

>Taka Mizutani wrote off-list to thank me and a few others
>for pointing him to a source for a ratcheting crimper.
>He also voiced his frustration with trying to seach the
>archives. So for his and other's benefit, here are some
>search tips:
>
>- try various word combinations ("ratcheting crimper",
>    "ratchet crimpers", "wire crimpers", "solderless
>    connections")
>- try singular and plural ("crimper", "crimpers")
>- try noun and verb ("crimper", "crimp")
>- try dropping or adding "ing" ("ratchet", "ratcheting")
>- try variations ("mcmelectronics" was the URL, and
>    "mcm electronics" was the company name)
>- try names of posters, nicknames, or other unique
>    identifiers (I used "marc" and "swanson")
>- use modifiers + (and) and - (not). For example,
>    "+mcm +electronics" or "+mcm -electronics"
>- use the "search within results" button to add another
>    word to search for in the previous results list

Last week while installing a couple of speakers I snapped all three
remaining bullet connectors by using too much force to crimp them. So when
I was at a classic car swapmeet this weekend I invested in a ratcheting
crimper, very nice tool and quite inexpensive at Dfl 40 ($16). Probably not
the same quality as those $75 tools but then again it won't see heavy use.
It works great, as I've verified. Should be in the toolkit of everyone who
works on cars!

Tom