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Originally Posted by tomahawk
I did this a few summers ago. No crimp tool. It was a struggle for me soldering the wires. I'd get too much solder on the pin and then it would not lock into place in the housing. After a few I got the feel for it but there was a definite learning curve. Everything works fine now but I think the tool would have saved me some aggravation.
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Are you using flux?
If you're not, take a small amount of flux and rub it into the area that you want to solder. Apply solder and the wires will suck up the solder, without the solder you're just making the wires hot.
I used some small needle nose pliers to crimp the wires, simply fold one of the tabs over the wires, fold the second wire over and squeeze tight. Apply flux, solder and you're done.