zkx14
Duster De-ruster
DMT has them. I can check my extras also...
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zkx14
Duster De-ruster
I need one of those crimpers. I fudged mine on headlight relay wires
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Mattax
Just the facts, ma'am
Thanks Ray.
Last year I finally bought a decent crimper - the Astro with the replacable jaws. But the jaws were too wide for the male terminals on the jeep. So I broke down and bought a Packard copy from American Wire. Haven't used them yet. I will when I get to the connections at the ballast resistor. I made a solder repair years ago to the original wires when the repop was shpoing too much resistance and causing the voltage regulator run a bit high.
Last year I finally bought a decent crimper - the Astro with the replacable jaws. But the jaws were too wide for the male terminals on the jeep. So I broke down and bought a Packard copy from American Wire. Haven't used them yet. I will when I get to the connections at the ballast resistor. I made a solder repair years ago to the original wires when the repop was shpoing too much resistance and causing the voltage regulator run a bit high.
I bought one of these sets was /is really nice to have.
Mattax
Just the facts, ma'am
Fudges - the taped wires are soldered - thats the ones in use.
The stacked ones from the repop - might have been my attempt to fix or might have been an oops. Can't remember.
Side by side is the way it should be. Can do that with the right crimpers. That's a packard 56 female.
The stacked ones from the repop - might have been my attempt to fix or might have been an oops. Can't remember.
Side by side is the way it should be. Can do that with the right crimpers. That's a packard 56 female.
zkx14
Duster De-ruster
yep, said it expired yesterday.
Mattax
Just the facts, ma'am
That's a good way to do it.
I first only knew about Waytek wire, so ended up with bags of terminals since they have minimum quantities. Connectors I've only been buying as needed. For the car I can often steal from the old harness. I've melted a few - the headlight sockets and headlight switch. That was the big incentive to get the headlights onto relays. About every A-body I owned had some sort of headlight circuit issue.
Mattax
Just the facts, ma'am
You know anything is possible. That car had a lot of miles on it when I bought it. With three carpets worn through, two seat covers worn through and a red and blue slant six it could have had 150 or 250,000 miles on it. The rest seemed all original but who knows.
zkx14
Duster De-ruster
I figured out how to convert my spreadsheet and posted in my build...
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Mattax
Just the facts, ma'am
We can arrange a loaner.
That kit is great I refill the terminals as needed good investment for $50. Think the crimper was more than that.
zkx14
Duster De-ruster
Thanks, Don't need it now , but I will likely buy one at some point. Also, have not looked- they may have one at work. Shop has a bunch of crimpers I never knew existed...
DMC crimpers are the best but not cheap we had a tool box set think it cost 20k in the airforce.
Keith ever need it for a few days let me know.
Miss having access to them we could do any style from 000 to 32 wire.
Mattax
Just the facts, ma'am
J%^%$@! Damn, you almost buy a plane for that!
Here's one..1965 PIPER CHEROKEE 140 Single Engine Piston for sale Beeville TX Phillip McEndree - 2316525
Not cheap but worth every penny when you do it most of the day. Hell some of the alumel/chromel connecters were a grand and you had one shot to do it right.
They work ok the only issue I really have with them is it is a two step process that you have to flip the crimper to get the crimp right and the tabs on the male terminals are really tight to the crimper.
Pretty excited, going to my young former coworker's wedding at one of the plantations here, three of us from work are invited but our boss said none of us could be off, then he said one of us could, now finally last night he said all three of us can go!
I got part of the Fury buffed and waxed, by hand of course. Seems like green is hard to keep looking fresh. I think I will do the trunk this morning!
I got part of the Fury buffed and waxed, by hand of course. Seems like green is hard to keep looking fresh. I think I will do the trunk this morning!
Sounds like the boss is a ***! How can you wait for the last minute to let some one know if they can go to a wedding!
man, fabo having issues today.
He is actually a good guy, but yes a lot of restaurant managers are asses. Because of Easter weekend and Spring break, he was afraid we'd be super busy, and we would be very short-handed, and we don't have extra staff which is a good thing, too many and we wouldn't make money. For some reason we have been kind of slow. The restaurant business is so unpredictable.
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