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Old 01-11-2004, 04:46 PM
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No crimpers! I would use heat shrink tubing.

-Slide a section of HS tubing over one of the wires you want to connect

-Solder the two wires

-Slide the HS tubing over the soldered junction. Use a match, lighter or some source of flame (not too hot!) and have the flame shrink the tubing all around. Works great!

If in doubt about the distance of the cable, find a similiar car and measure it. If in doubt go a bit longer.

I would react but in a measured fashion ( "catch more flies with honey ...." ) and see if the yard with do something for you.

Steve is right. Often yards hire people who just take the parts off the cars. I bet if you bought the seats from a place that carefully removed the connectors you'd pay an additional 10-20%.

Nothing better than good seats in a Mercedes. They are the critical and final part of the "sum of the parts" that makes these cars great.

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