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Unread 31-01-2012, 09:22
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Power terminal question for Denso window motors

Trying to figure out how we wire up the terminals coming off the Denso motors - I've seen some posts about using female spade connectors, but I found components in the KoP that seem much more well suited if we can figure them out.

There's a grey housing that clips into the Denso window motor power connector, but it needs to be wired up. Then there are wire ferrules or something that come in a bandolier, and I'm pretty sure that's what plugs into the grey part. But I can't figure out how to get them installed - they don't seem to fit in there regardless of what direction I try to shove them in. Attached are a couple of pictures:

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It seems obvious how to attach a wire to the metal crimps that plug into the housing. It also seems that these metal wire crimps ALMOST fit in the grey housing, but there are a couple of tabs that protrude just enough that I can't get them into the square cutout of the housing without ripping my fingers apart, or trying to deform the metal. Are these crimps supposed to fit into the housing somehow? If so, how?
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