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Splicing in new wire, joining two ring terminals by bolt, or using wire nuts is a very low quality way of doing this and I would not recommend it. Also, the special crimper is not required for making the conection. Put the contact in a vise (lightly, just enought to hold) and then heat it up with a torch, (we have used a full size propane torch, but a butane pencil torch may work.) Then fill the "cup" with solder about 1/3 of the way. Then "tin" your wire with solder. Then heat up the "cup" again and drop the wire in, and feed in more solder until it just is about to overflow. This works great if it is done right. Just don't clamp the vise on the contact and don't het it up so much the contact surface gets burned.