10ga spade connectors?

[Mike]

Hey all,

Do any of you have a good source for the 10 guage spade connectors under the dash ? I am looking to replace a melted connector and I need to find the male and female spades along with the plastic housings.

I am not against going with an aftermarket part, but, I only want the best. The crimp-on cheap-o connectors you can find at the auto parts store won't work for me. I'm thinking about a GM water-tight or equivalent.

[a7dz]

Mike;

www.waytekwire.com

stock numbers:

32914 male

32915 female

[Mike]

Here's something that is up my alley..

http://www.suresealconnections.com/

Of course, I would LOVE to find all of the original connectors. Hasn't anyone been down this road?

[a7dz]

Mike;

look like this:

http://order.waytekwire.com/CGI-BIN/LANSAWEB?WEBEVENT+L0C4C7D765AA58600B2D1072+M37+ENG

http://order.waytekwire.com/CGI-BIN/LANSAWEB?WEBEVENT+L0C4C7E7859B586002AE1072+M37+ENG

[Mike]

Yipee... I found some good stuff. Funny thing, it was on THIS website. HA!!

http://eagleday.stores.yahoo.net/blco.html

[a7dz]

Do you have the special two stage crimper to install those terminals?

[Mike]

Nope... I may have a source for that, but, the tool is likely $100+

[Mike]

Jim, your links above didn't work. Can you resend them?

[Victor Laury]

Mike, I do alot of business with Eagleday, mainly for the AMP Fastin-Faston connectors and terminals (like the one you're looking at) and the JIS Bullet connectors (Roadster use these by the bucket full).

BTW, this 8mm AMP Fastin-Faston (Spade and Recepticle) is the exact replacement for the main power connectors in the 240Z.

I also bought the crimper from them for $30 and It works fine

Just want to add this warning - the nylon housings for the the 6.3mm connectors are NOT the same as the ones used in the Datsuns. Except for the 3 position one which does work for the headlight harness connections. Oh yea, of course the 1 position also works, but I think the Z uses only 1 of these in the entire car!

[Victor Laury]

If you want to go off-spec for a "Better" connector, I have good things to say about the GM Weather-Pac connectors. They just don't look right in a Datsun is the only draw-back.

Oh yea, and they're expensive as hell. another point against