33 Coupe Fuel System and Battery  10        12/02/03

After cutting the cable to length, I needed to crimp the end on it that goes to the starter. I didn't have a professional crimp tool so I made do with what I had. What I came up with was two 3/16" dowel pins taped to the vice jaws in line with each other. 
 

 

 

Here you can see what I mean a little better. All that was needed was to tighten the vice till I had a good size dent on both sides and that should do it. 
 

 

 

This is what it looks like with the crimp in it. Looks like I used a tool that was made for it!! The red piece is the insulation that came off the end of the cable after striping it. This stuff is THICK to say the least. Nice to know that the wire inside is so well protected. 
 

 

 

This is the battery cable all clamped in place next to the fuel line. Those double clamps sure do work nice. The reason the cable is at an angle is because it's running in back of the fuel pump. Time to hook-up the ground wire next and then mount the fuel cell. 
 

 

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