[urq] Where to find a good crimper ?

[Patrick Carlier]

First of all , I don't like crimp fittings .
Never have , never will .

If I have to connect two wire's for a repair job or splie in a third , or 
simply  make it
longer , I'll twist them , solder them and use heat shrink tube to insulate 
.

That said , sometimes a crimped fitting is inevitable .
Fi to connect to an existing spade connector  .
In that case I would higly recomend the crimp tools that act like a vise 
grips .
They give a noticeable click when the crimping is done .
Never rely on those cheap plier squeese types . They do a poor job .

And ,  if I have  to use a crimped connector on a more then 1 Amp
wire  , I still use solder to tin the wire , then crimp on the connector , 
and then re heat it to make the solder
flow inside the crimped connection . .

Overkill maybe , but I've never had any failure sofar .

Pat



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <laraa at sympatico.ca>
To: <urq at audifans.com>; <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 5:26 PM
Subject: [urq] Where to find a good crimper ?


> Hi people of infinite knowledge,
>
>
>
> The same guy that bought the 914 also have a 1976 Lotus Elite, and this 
> car
> is now in my driveway. I know, I know, he has strange tastes. Since both
> cars will need some rewiring, I'm looking to buy a professional-quality 
> wire
> crimper, with the appropriate crimps. Anyone has a lead to such a device 
> for
> an amateur like me ?
>
>
>
> Another solution would be shrink-tubes over soldering. I saw back in the 
> day
> some tubes with a product inside that solder wires when one heat from
> outside. It was in a workshop manual at Renault, where there was a need to
> maintain a very high conductivity when repairing a broken wire. The main
> reason was those cars were multiplexed, and low-voltage twisted-pair looms
> were need for communication between ECUs. The heat gun was a specific
> device, with a deflector to protect the other wires. Very clever stuff.
>
>
>
> So, what are my best, cost-effective solution to repair the two old-timers 
> ?
>
>
>
> Louis-Alain
>
> PS : the guy that owns the cars used to have a built Quattro (AAN engine,
> 034EFI) that is now somewhere in Oregon. His fleet of older cars spawned
> from the sell. Could he miss the high-maintenance nature of the urQ ?
>
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