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Old Mar 12, 2008 | 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by liv2ride
drill right through, I think he means that he drills from inside the 4 0/ga hole right through the other end, so that the wire isn't fed into the hole as the connector whole is tapered at the end, I did that with my 4 gauge, so I could get a better grip on the wire.

but I could be wrong
exactly what he said.
Old Mar 12, 2008 | 02:39 PM
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Gotcha.... i'll give it a try!
Old Mar 13, 2008 | 09:31 PM
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On the topic of crimping big terminals (4 gauge or bigger)
Is it even possible to use anything other than a vice? I've always had to use a vice for them, no way my box end's were closing those connectors....
You guys got any tips?

Oh, and after many botched crimps, i figured you you have to do one half first, then get the next one to fold over it, then tighten like heck... it's worked perfectly since....
Old Mar 14, 2008 | 12:05 AM
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you can always use a nice hammer
Old Mar 14, 2008 | 01:37 AM
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u can always buy the proper crimps
Old Mar 14, 2008 | 05:12 AM
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I use a crimp adapter that I made and use a big honking pair of vise grips to do the squishing. Works good and they go on super tight, the only drawback is that your hands get sore after a few crimps.
Old Mar 14, 2008 | 06:16 AM
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Vice grips work for me...
Old Mar 14, 2008 | 08:25 AM
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Speaking of 1/0 crimp terminals, I took the day off work and going to do 2 more runs of 1/0 in my truck today.
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