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Originally Posted by wdfifteen View Post
I'm laying on my back under the dashboard of my Speedster straightening out and re-tinning the wires for these screw-pinch connectors, so bare butt connectors are out of the question. But it's fun to say!

The proper way to fix that is to cut the exposed wire off, restrip it, then use ferrules.

https://www.arrow.com/en/research-and-events/articles/what-are-ferrules-and-why-should-you-use-them

No solder, solder is junk. Clean copper, crimped ferrule ends, then put into the screw connectors.


Or, get rid of the screw connector and use something modern to connect the wires.
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