Dave,
I would suggest that you use spade terminals which have a two "crimping"
sleeves for the wire end. One crimping sleeve is for the bare wire; the
other (outer) sleeve crimps the insulated portion of the wire to provide more
strength against wire fatigue.
You can see a photo of these on the website of British Wiring
_www.britishwiring.com_ (http://www.britishwiring.com) . These spade
terminals are
typically a little more money than the cheaper blister pack spades you'd find
at WalMart, etc but they will solve your problem.
As for extending the white wire by splicing in a longer segment.....no
problem. I would solder the splice, use some heat shrink to insulate the
splice. Assuming that we're talking about a vinyl versus fabric harness, then
you could certainly wrap the splice around the existing wiring harness with
black electrical tape or, if you really want to be "concours", wrap the
splice around the harness with harness tape!
Chip Krout
Delaware Valley Triumphs, Ltd.
Skippack, PA
1976 TR6 CF57822U
In a message dated 9/24/2010 2:50:58 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
m.d.mackay@sympatico.ca writes:
I have had the thin white wire
from the fuse box that feeds the coil snap off at the crimp-on connector
that affixes it to the coil. Obviously, I'm doing something wrong with the
way I've been making the connection.
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