Need some help finding a good crimper.

[AlpineNut]

I am going to be using these connectors for my grounds and positive connections when I redo the wiring, but having a issue getting them to crimp tight anymore so I need to find a cheap but good crimper that can crimp these tight.

[s5300]

Get the best yellow one you can afford.

 

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Hydraulic+Crimper

[AlpineNut]

I was thinking that as well, but lil more then I had planned to spend since this will be only used for a lil while.  But I guess that is what it will take to do the job to get it done right and not have any loose connections.

Thanx for the reply!

[s5300]

$37 is probably a fair price. The only cheaper thing I could tell you to do, is to get a piece of steel, tap it for some threaded rod, dremel out a die shape, and crank it like a homemade press. But that's nearly an hour long job, and you probably don't have much to drill steel with and tap well on hand... 

[AlpineNut]

My best friend might since he has alot of tools as a carpenter, but the hydraulic crimpers will prob do the best job

[79 cutty]

If you don’t want to spend that much do you have the ability to solder? Takes longer, and a little  more of an “art” to solder a lug properly, but solder is cheap

if you have the tools to solder already. 

[AlpineNut]

39 minutes ago, 79 cutty said:

If you don’t want to spend that much do you have the ability to solder? Takes longer, and a little  more of an “art” to solder a lug properly, but solder is cheap

if you have the tools to solder already. 

I have a soldering iron and solder but I the one I got is from radioshack and kinda old and I tried it already on a crimp I did a while back and it took 2 long to get the metal to even heat up to be able to solder

[79 cutty]

For lugs you would need a torch to get hot enough, soldering iron wouldn’t work. So if you have solder you could easily pick up a small propane torch from

Menards/Home Depot/Lowes, etc. for $15-20

[AlpineNut]

I asked my best friend on facebook an he said he has the tool that would work perfectly for the job, but if not a hydraulic crimper would be something that would work nicely

[AlpineNut]

Well I found these at Harbor Freight and not to expensive.

https://www.harborfreight.com/hydraulic-wire-crimping-tool-66150.html