Finger operated scotch lock ?

[jsf55]

I need to crimp on to another wire behind the dash, I can't get the clock to unscrew and I have little room to get tools in, I was thinking of a scotch lock that I could squeeze by hand, does such a thing exist ?

 

[Maker]

Wago 222.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Another vote for "Wago's"

 

[Barking Mat]

I don't like them on anything automotive which vibrates. It's not a house.

 

[jsf55]

I can stop it vibrating, i'll give them ago, cheers all

 

[Parm]

They do, widely available, but I wouldn’t trust them as far as I can spit.

Other technologies are available

 

[jsf55]

What you suggesting Parm ?

 

[johnik]

solder or crimp on bullets are the way to go,scotch locks are the work of the devil

 

[ajlelectronics]

Never ever use Scotchloks, they are guaranteed to give you ongoing issues.

 

[Parm]

What you suggesting Parm ?

Solder, heat shrink, crimp. Anything other than scotchloc

 

[cheb]

Not an insulated crimp terminal either.

 

[jsf55]

I'm stuffed for room, I can just about get one hand in there, in fact I only just managed to get the phone in there to snap a pic, that's it, left hand side

 

[the snooper]

Trace the cable to a more accessible place

 

[jsf55]

That's it, it's about 1" sticking out the back of the gauge, teach me to cut things so short !!
Pulling the dash and heater and draining the coolant and refitting is going to be a long job

 

[ajlelectronics]

That's it, it's about 1" sticking out the back of the gauge, teach me to cut things so short !!
Pulling the dash and heater and draining the coolant and refitting is going to be a long job

But you will have to do it to rectify the damage caused, so do it now and make a decent job of it.

 

[jsf55]

Yep, best get it done ...however long it takes !

 

[jordan1]

That's it, it's about 1" sticking out the back of the gauge, teach me to cut things so short !!
Pulling the dash and heater and draining the coolant and refitting is going to be a long job

Best in the long run, 'do it wrong, do it twice' as they say.

 

[500e]

Taking the role of pipe\wire out will help space