I did both. Slid the crimps on, soldered the wires, crimped over it and wrapped the whole thing in electrical tape. It looks like shit but the dealer would give me a new wiring harness and charge me $1000.
Soldered the crimp to the wire? That defeats the purpose of having a crimp, but whatever works I guess.
Molex crimp terminals are dirt cheap, you just gotta find the right one on like Digikey or Mouser or something. PLATO makes a halfway decent crimper tool for about 30-40 bucks. Usually you can use a small slotted screwdriver to push a tab and pull out the old crimps from the housing without damaging the housing.
are pretty cheap too, and save a colossal amount of time and headache when you have to splice two or more wires. I always keep a big stash of these handy.
My bad I called the butt splice a crimp. Soldiered the wires together and slid the splice over as a cover.
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