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Re: Warning: DB37 repair unreliable

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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik View Post
Also, it seems a mite riskier, but you could use the female side of the cable you're repairing to act as the support as well. Plug the female side into the male side, line up the red stripe with the opposite red stripe, and squish in a vise.
That's exactly what I did. I also used a couple of thin strips of wood between the vise and the connector to try to avoid damaging the plastic.
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