What types of pliers can be used besides crimping pliers to crimp the wire harness?

yes then wrap with electrical tape. Its getto as **** but works if you don't have crimpers.

you can get a cheap set for about $3 at harbor freight

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leverage is your friend

It's well worth the purchase to buy a good set of crimping pliers.

Wire stripping tools usually have a crimp end.

regular pliers work fine. if you want it to look decent get a small nail or screwdriver in the crease where the parts of the terminal meet. then just crimp them with the nail in place and done.

vice grips work well, theyre what i use for crimping 8 awg and bigger and they work good, theres a technique to it though. Walmart sells klein knockoff crimpers for like 6$ last time i checked, in the home improvement area with the house outlets and ****.

vice grips work well, theyre what i use for crimping 8 awg and bigger and they work good, theres a technique to it though.

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For 8awg and bigger, I use a small hammer. There's definitely a technique to it. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

For 8awg and bigger, I use a small hammer. There's definitely a technique to it. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

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Hammer works well too, i try to sort of get one side of the terminal under the other side, then "wrap" it around the wire.

Don't be a *****, use your teeth like a real man

Enjoy taking your headunit out when that connection breaks. If you don't have $10 kill yourself.

Enjoy taking your headunit out when that connection breaks. If you don't have $10 kill yourself.

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X2.

A $10 soldering iron.

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