How To Crimp Like a Pro | TECHNICALLY SPEAKING

hi and welcome to another episode of haltech technically speaking today it's all about crimping and haltech crimp tools now the haltech accessories have a whole bunch of different style plug and pen sets ranging from the GM style connectors which use a pull to C style pin which means that you have to put the wire through the connector crimp the pin on then pull it back to see we've got which style connectors which we crimp the pin on we seat them into the connector and there plug in time we've got the AM P style connector which is used on the haltech can connector on the health tech devices like the i/o box the wideband boxes we've got the Bosch injector connectors ECU pins and of course the map sensor pins so now let's go through we'll do a practical example of crimping each pin and how to seat them in their connector ok so the first connector we're going to be speaking about is the GM cool to seat style connector so what actually happens here is that we put our wire through the connector first before stripping it then we're going to strip it put our pin on then pull it back to see now if we put a pin straight on to this wire before we put it through the connector there's no way to get it through so we've just crushed that pin and we just wasted it we need to replace it so the first thing we're going to do is put our wire through the connector use our wire strippers strip off about four millimeters give or take off the edge of the pin we're going to place our pin across the bit of stripped wire remembering that the backside of the pin has actually got the wire relief so that's part here is going to hold on to the sheathing of the wire whereas the front part or the crimped part of the pin is going to be holding into the material we're going to grab our red or we also do these in an orange color crimpers and we're going to be using the D jaws so if we just first crimp the top half nice and tight and release we can actually see there that what's happened is the crimpers have actually pulled the wire in together and pulled it down into the lip into the pin so that's nice and tight we're going to also do our second crimp on the backside into the wire relief that's also going to crimp down nice and tight so there we can see that's a properly executed crimp give it a bit of a tug should be nice and tight the next thing we'll do is pull it back into the connector here the firm click and that's it so that's our pin done so that should just plug straight into our coil and we're ready to go on to the second sensor so the second sensor we're going to be doing uses exactly the same pins so all we're going to be doing scrubbing our air temp sensor per connector notice is welded on the do it on there Delfy connectors the pin locations are actually marked on the connector so I can see the a and the B signal for air temp is in the B so we're just going to squeeze that signal wire through there scout the end strip it sit the pin over the edge use our same crimping tool first cream to grab the wire nice and tight second crimp grab the strain relief nice and tight when we pull it back we should hear the same click here we go you might not have heard it but I did nice and tight and our attempt is plugged in as well so if we can plug that in there and our air temps also done ok so the next connect are going to be looking at is the ditch or Amphenol style connector so we do that 1/8 MPT air and coolant temp sensors using these connectors the first thing we'll do strip a little bit of wire off you'll notice that we haven't put it through the connector we'll use the female style pin that we just place over the top of our stripped wire you'll notice that I do leave a cup about about two millimeters of exposed wire here we'll grab the deutsch crimp is a different style of crimper this comes in from four positions so with one press that pins crimped on the jaws come in from four positions to crimp the pin onto the connector or onto the wire I should say we slide it straight into the Deutsche DTM series connector right up until it clicks into place so that's in nice and tight if we put the locator in and press it in so that it click seem tight and that's it should plug straight into our air or coolant temperature sensor and that's the way that we creep one of the deutsch all right we're getting there we've only got two pins to go so the next one this is our a MP ECU connector pins so these are the ones that go into our 26 or 34 pin connectors so I'm just going to cut one of these off the backing strip that they're supplied on because it's an ECU pin we can put onto any wire color here so how about we use this fun yellow and red same thing just going to strip off a little bit of sheathing put our ECU pin over the top use our small crimpers again so the e jaws of the red or the orange crimpers nice firm crimp and there we have it so that's perfect so then we're just going to crimp the back doors and there we have it so you'll see they're nice and tightly crimped okay so we're just gonna put our Packard pin over our Y here you'll just notice that I've put the backside of the Packard pin over the weatherproof seal so we'll have a bit of a look when we crimp that we're going to crimp the first part so that we're crimping straight onto our copper wire we're then going to do a second crimp so the weatherproof seal is connected to the pin so for this one we're going to be using the jewel number three using the blue crimpers nice and tight now we're going to also be using draw number one which is going to crimp that right around like so there we go a perfect crimp so we'll plug that into the signal wire of our map sensor and we're done you'll also notice there we put normally put the captive case straight over the back so the pin can't fall layout now one of the things I should mention as well is that in the crimper set you also get this pin removal tool so this one does the pack art pins you also get two finer pin removal tools so to remove these packard pins which is often really difficult simply slide the tool all the way in and simply pull the pin out okay so now that we can see that when we've got the right crimping tools we can make the job easier and faster across all the different ranges of pins so this is going to end up just making all that wiring work so much easier as always thanks very much for watching today my name's Scott don't forget to rate comment and subscribe and I'll see you next time just remember if you've got a haltech ECU or you're planning on buying a hell tech ECU or installing one in your car remember to subscribe to the Hal tech YouTube channel we've got heaps of hot tips heaps of tuning tips heaps of installation guides just so you don't get left behind

Channel: Haltech

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Keywords: haltech, ecu, efi, tuning fork, engine management, fuel injection, auto wiring, crimping, how to crimp, Do It Yourself (Hobby), tutorial, how to, Crimp, wiring, ecu wiring, automotive wiring, automotive crimping

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Length: 9min 13sec (553 seconds)

Published: Thu Jul 30 2015