Electrical connectors, Spade or bullet Options

[spunone]

On electrical connections which one works best for hooking up MSD boxes and such. Thanks

[mightyohm]

Nice!

I am guilty of using the cheesy red/blue/yellow terminals if it's in an area where heatshrink would be hard - like if the heatgun would melt surrounding parts. On my back under the dash I usually use whatever is easiest. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[bperry]

Nice!

I am guilty of using the cheesy red/blue/yellow terminals if it's in an area where heatshrink would be hard - like if the heatgun would melt surrounding parts. On my back under the dash I usually use whatever is easiest. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

I can't imagine anywhere on a car where the heat needed to shrink
properly sized heatshrink tubing would melt anything surrounding it.
It doesn't take that much heat to shrink the stuff.
Worst case, and I have used this often, is to use a cigarette lighter
(actually I use a BBQ grill lighter with the long snout) and quickly pass it under/around the desired area.
As long as you don't linger and do it in multiple passes with a delay between passes,
all that will be necessary is to wipe off a bit of black carbon left by the smoke.
In a pinch even a match works.
The key is to use the proper sized tubing and only the minimum amount of heat
needed and apply the heat in multiple passes.

I've done this for decades and never had an issue melting surrounding
components.


--- bill