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Best Answer bikewiz , 21 February 2018 - 10:48 AM

Those particular Bullet connectors are,,,, well,,,, the el-cheapo, quick type. They work ~~~ OK ~~~ but there is better types.

 

The way they are intended to be installed is to strip the wire back, about 6 - 7 mm, poke it through and fold it over. No solder involved. Our Number Plate Lamps here in Aust, from the factory were done just this way.

 

These types can be crimped or soldered. If you are only going to do a few, I'd suggest soldering as a decent tool is not cheap

 

https://www.carbuild...inal-pack-of-25

 

Autosparks also have solder / crimp types, but their listing isn't straight forward.

Ah now I remember on my '71 MK3 the "stick it through and fold them over" method was how they did it. I have some of the solid solder type like your link but they don't fit the light holder same as the sleeve type. I soldered the wire into the sleeve ones but was not pleased with the result. Thinking more about it I'll probably turn some out of brass with a hole through the side instead of the end so the wire lines up with the back of the rubber housing instead of bending the wire. Thanks all for the clarification/info.

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#1 bikewiz

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Posted 21 February 2018 - 06:15 AM

Because in the US we don't have pilot lights, instead we have combined "running light/indicator" I'm installing these on my car http://www.minispare...px|Back to shop

From what I gathered from Autosparks you connect the wires to them with bullet sleeve connectors https://www.autosparks.co.uk/bullet-sleeve-suitable-for-light-units.html how do you attach the bullet sleeve to the wire? It's simple soldering standard bullet male ends but I'm not clear on how you'd solder these on.



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Posted 21 February 2018 - 06:28 AM

Poke wire throwing that the little hole and add a drop of solder to secure.
Could also be crimped with either a proper tool or might get away with a pair of side cutters.
Finally, the bodge way is poke enough wire through the hole that you can spread the individual strands and bend them back down the sides of the bullet - this will make it a very snug fit in the femal part on the lamp holder.

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Posted 21 February 2018 - 07:37 AM

I use the crimp ones
With this tool https://www.autoelec...477/category/87
And these https://www.autoelec...t/27/category/6

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Posted 21 February 2018 - 07:39 AM

Those particular Bullet connectors are,,,, well,,,, the el-cheapo, quick type. They work ~~~ OK ~~~ but there is better types.

 

The way they are intended to be installed is to strip the wire back, about 6 - 7 mm, poke it through and fold it over. No solder involved. Our Number Plate Lamps here in Aust, from the factory were done just this way.

 

These types can be crimped or soldered. If you are only going to do a few, I'd suggest soldering as a decent tool is not cheap

 

https://www.carbuild...inal-pack-of-25

 

Autosparks also have solder / crimp types, but their listing isn't straight forward.



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Posted 21 February 2018 - 10:48 AM   Best Answer

Those particular Bullet connectors are,,,, well,,,, the el-cheapo, quick type. They work ~~~ OK ~~~ but there is better types.

 

The way they are intended to be installed is to strip the wire back, about 6 - 7 mm, poke it through and fold it over. No solder involved. Our Number Plate Lamps here in Aust, from the factory were done just this way.

 

These types can be crimped or soldered. If you are only going to do a few, I'd suggest soldering as a decent tool is not cheap

 

https://www.carbuild...inal-pack-of-25

 

Autosparks also have solder / crimp types, but their listing isn't straight forward.

Ah now I remember on my '71 MK3 the "stick it through and fold them over" method was how they did it. I have some of the solid solder type like your link but they don't fit the light holder same as the sleeve type. I soldered the wire into the sleeve ones but was not pleased with the result. Thinking more about it I'll probably turn some out of brass with a hole through the side instead of the end so the wire lines up with the back of the rubber housing instead of bending the wire. Thanks all for the clarification/info.



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Posted 22 February 2018 - 02:52 AM

I use the El cheapos as that's what my Brit parts supplier keeps, only I solder them. I heat the bullet with a propane torch and fill  it full of solder, then just poke the bare end of the wire into the liquid solder and blow on it to cool.....works a treat. I don't have a lot of them to do so this method works. If I were doing a lot of them I'd buy the crimping tool.



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Posted 22 February 2018 - 03:18 AM

I use the El cheapos as that's what my Brit parts supplier keeps, only I solder them. I heat the bullet with a propane torch and fill  it full of solder, then just poke the bare end of the wire into the liquid solder and blow on it to cool.....works a treat. I don't have a lot of them to do so this method works. If I were doing a lot of them I'd buy the crimping tool.

Hey Dave. I turned some brass down for the bullets, I only had to make 6 so it was pretty quick. I'll post up some pictures when I get the wire holes drilled. I did one of the sleeves like you but I didn't like the result or the 90 degree bend.



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Posted 22 February 2018 - 02:59 PM

This was my solution. Made out of 1/4" brass rod. The longer ones are for the black ground where the receptacle is longer. I'll solder the wires in.Attached File  20180222_091429.jpg   25.06K   2 downloadsAttached File  20180222_090642.jpg   18.21K   1 downloads Attached File  20180221_202212.jpg   28.68K   1 downloads


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