Thread: Wiring Harness Terminations

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Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Buzz is right..........crimp terminals are perfectly fine, and in some cases much better than soldered ones. Soldering can make the ends brittle and prone to breaking. I know there will be an argument on that, but if you feel comfortable soldering, do it, and if you like crimping, go that route. We crimp everything.

Don

yep i here what they say about solder .. but think about it ? if something thing is shaking that much to break a small wire then you have alot of other stuff thats going to bust off or back off nuts bolts ?? as well .i do use both. i have seen more crimps fall out if not crimp right then solder one break off .when i was a rigger at the boat yard we used crimp ends the hi quality one that the jacket did not bust off when crimped .but on the street rods i have wired i like to solder then and use shrink tube on them for a time there i was wiring alot of street rods for a guy i knew he would never look at the wiring in the street rods he pick up two of them allmost burnt down .i had a line on the hard to fined head lite spade end connectors i liked to use the pain less universal fuse block .or buy the blocks from Car Quest . the last thing i wired was a 1940 MACK truck with a 350 chevy engine i put in it