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Subject:Crimp vs splice
From:Blake Thornton
Date:Mon, 10 Dec 2001 09:55:14 -0700

So, I finally took my van into the mechanic today.  I'm not overly
confident he will find my electric woes (van just dies, I've posted the
problem before).

In any case, I told him that I cut apart my wiring harness and he crimped
the connections.  I told him that I would probably fix it with solder
later.  He told me that crimp connections are better and do fine as long
as you use that shrink tube stuff on it to keep out the corrision.  The
basis for his arguement was that the solder can easily heat up and then
the connection goes to hell.  He said he thought solder was better, but he
learned this in some class he took a few years ago.

Well, I'm not expert and am not too sure which theory I now believe, but
thought I would post this view on the list.

Blake
84 westy
SLC, UT

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