Morris Minor Owners Club

how do you fix these on?
Crimp?
Solder?

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Crimp if they're the crimp type, solder if they're the solder type The soldered are much more reliable, if harder to do...

the one you show looks more like the soldered type. Which is better, both in contact, as well as in originality I think (IMO)

Yup, didn't see the pic. That's a solder one.

Actually, neither! The wire pokes through the end and loops back over the outer 'bullet' part and is then trapped between the connector and the bit it pushes in to.

Of course soldering or crimping would be even better!

and there was me thinking that was a bodge, Cam

Wow - I've NEVER heard of or seen them done that way

Pretty much all the saloon number plate lamps I have seen are done that way. Soldering/crimping IS a better solution though.

In fact to get Gracie ready for her MoT (in the dark the night before - as you do) I think I soldered a wire directly onto the bulb as the insulator had broken.

crimpimg kit from machine mart,around £6 roger , a true life saver, must have bit of kit

Cam wrote:Actually, neither! The wire pokes through the end and loops back over the outer 'bullet' part and is then trapped between the connector and the bit it pushes in to.

Ah, but do you fan the wires out over the circumference, or just bend the twsited together strands over the end?

Cam wrote:Actually, neither! The wire pokes through the end and loops back over the outer 'bullet' part and is then trapped between the connector and the bit it pushes in to.

Of course soldering or crimping would be even better!

I wish I'd said that

So folk time to get out the desoldering kit - or Bill will mark you down

Rog

Now there's a thought

There are 2 types, the ones where you fold the wires over the ends (in fan out style) which are slightly larger in diameter, and the main ones which are more solid looking and must be soldered.