Kent McLean
kentmclean at mindspring.com
Fri Jan 6 14:38:44 EST 2006
no1of consequence wrote:
> a crimp should be fine, but make sure you use a decent crimp, not a
> twist or crimp 'cap'. get yourself some nice, seamless butt connectors,
> preferably with heat-shrinkable jackets. theyre WICKED expensive but you
> should only need a few and theyll outlast the car. but the doors are
> really wet and connections will be very exposed.
That's why you insert about a foot (35mm) of wire into the
splice, with the ends tucked into the door and kick panel.
The butt connectors shouldn't be left in the rubber boot.
And with about a dozen wires and 2 connections each, and
a $1 a shrink-jacket connector, it can get expen$ive.
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Kent McLean
'94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
'89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" up in smoke
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