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Has anyone seen any "How To's" on crimping the 3 wires onto new terminals that get inserted into the courtesy light switch in the hinge pillar?
I've gone through 2 strips of 6 replacement terminals each from Lectric Limited.
They don't provide instructions on how to actually crimp the wires to the terminals, and they're not like most other crimps in that there are only 2 pairs of long "flaps" that are supposed fold over the top of the wire.
Regular crimpers don't seem to have the right shape for these flaps and pinching with pliers doesn't do the trick either.
I've even tried soldering them without success.
Any help would be appreciated!
Last edited by Bergerboy; Nov 2, 2024 at 10:10 PM.
I don't mind spending money on a tool or tools...
There are many crimpers on the market that claim to do the job...
A larger gauge wire #12+ will take a different tool vs a #20-#14 gauge wire.
And if you need to double up lets say a #16 gauge wire like in a headlight connector you will need a set of crimpers, one for the double #16 and another for a single #16...
You may say, I can't justify spending that much on tools but you will have them forever... https://www.summitracing.com/parts/a...SABEgLl4fD_BwE
Here are few sample crimps of Series 59 (Left Set) & Series 56 terminals both double wire & single using the tools in the link above.
Thnaks Joe,
Didn't know there was a tool for these types of crimp terminals.
I could certainly justify the $20 expenditure on a pair off of Amazon, not the $179 trom the Summit site.
I've spend over $20 already on replacement terminals from C.C. (Lectric Limited) that come in 6-piece strips for ~$16 with shipping for each.
So the Amazon $20 crimpers came the other day and they actually work pretty well for the price.
Not sure how many times I'll get to use them again, but they sure did the job!
First I I used some Emory cloth to get the 50 year old wire nice and shiny, then cleaned with alcohol. After using a needle nose pliers to bend the tangs, I added a small amount of solder. Oh, I went through a couple of the tangs before getting them to connect to the new jamb switches ( on my 73, the switches are different for the courtesy lights and the alarm.
At my work we have different crimpers for different terminal types. Special crimpers for Molex connectors. All kinds of different ones for different styles of pins and sockets. We have a couple with interchangeable heads for different sized pins, etc. Must have thousands in terminal crimpers. Just for one dealership. And yes we HAVE to have them.
Courtesy Light Switch Terminals????
