Mike's TPI question

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In a message dated 97-01-10 15:43:42 EST, you write:

<< crimping of connectors. I would use solder and heat shrink tubing. It fits
>>

I would absolutely agree with this... soldering is fairly resistant to
corrosion, while butt connectors are not... moisture can get in between the
crimp and at some point, the connection becomes weak, affecting the
performance of your harness.  This is most noticable with wires under the
hood, and might affect your readings off sensors (such as the O2 sensor) that
have a very small change from end to end of what the sensor is monitoring (O2
sensors vary typically from .1v to .9v, not a large range).

On cases where a single wire or a pair of wires might have to be disconnected
at some point, its perfectly okay to use a spade connector and socket,
however instead of crimping the wire in the spade, solder it on.

Fred