Terminating wires

[YotaOnRocks]

I've got several wires hanging around under the hood of my 4runner that are hot and don't go to anything. Whats a good way to terminate them. I was thinking about crimping a butt splice on and adding some heat shrink but wondering if there is a less ghetto looking way.

 

[a_kelley]

Cut them off where they originate and eliminate the whole wire. Or do what you were thinking, but wrap them up into a existing wire loom/harness. Or just cut it off and put some small shrink over the end.

 

[Chris_Keziah]

Heat shrink over the end. No need for a butt connector.

 

[XJsavage]

Don't let me ever see it.

I'd fix it for free. In other words, trace it back through the harness, all the way to the pin.

Or..... Use them for under hood lights. LED strips. one of the best things I've ever done to a rig was installed under hood lights. It just makes it so much easier to do a trailer repair.

 

[YotaOnRocks]

Don't let me ever see it.

I'd fix it for free. In other words, trace it back through the harness, all the way to the pin.

Or..... Use them for under hood lights. LED strips. one of the best things I've ever done to a rig was installed under hood lights. It just makes it so much easier to do a trailer repair.

Come on over. Lol

 

[XJsavage]

Come on over. Lol

That looks nice and uniform to me.

 

[jeepinmatt]

Hook em all together with a big wire nut.

 

[Fabrik8]

I like to fold the end of the (un-stripped) wire over about 3/8 to 1/2 inch, and then put a piece of heat shrink over the doubled portion. It looks tidy, the heat shrink won't slide off, and it's easy to tell a capped wire apart from a spliced wire that's broken at the splice. I mostly use that method for small gauge wires and signal wires.

 

[YotaOnRocks]

That looks nice and uniform to me.

The wires im talking about are around the passenger side engine mount. They all went to misc. emission items. I want to cut them back to the main harness and terminate there. Now I've got some good ideas on how to do so.

 

[a_kelley]

Hook em all together with a big wire nut.

Really don't do this. If they're fed from seperate fuses it'll back feed.

 

[Fabrik8]

Really don't do this. If they're fed from seperate fuses it'll back feed.

Also sidestepping the fact that wire nuts and stranded wire don't mix.

 

[Jody Treadway]

Come on over. Lol

Where's the other 4 cylinders?

 

[Ron]

Also sidestepping the fact that wire nuts and stranded wire don't mix.

That's not so true...

 

[YotaOnRocks]

Where's the other 4 cylinders?

Took me 12 months to do 1 head gasket. A second head would have me down for another year.

 

[Fabrik8]

That's not so true...

I think I phrased that wrong. I was going for "don't ever use a wire nut on automotive wiring".

I guess you could use a wire nut with stranded wire in a nice stationary house or whatever, yeah.

 

[Ron]

I think I phrased that wrong. I was going for "don't ever use a wire nut on automotive wiring".

I guess you could use a wire nut with stranded wire in a nice stationary house or whatever, yeah.

Yeah here is a time, place and application for everything. That said, Id take a properly installed wire nut over a scotchlock everyday of the week and 2x on Sunday.

 

[BrianGreen]

Hook em all together with a big wire nut.

Here we go with the “burning stuff down” again. Just make sure to use a match so the wires and wire nut have something to grab to.

 

[jeepinmatt]

Here we go with the “burning stuff down” again. Just make sure to use a match so the wires and wire nut have something to grab to.

I prefer to call it "the fusefinder" but whatever.