Electrical contacts

[gforbess at attglobal.net (Gordon Forbess)]

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 09:14:22 -0400, "Dan Bubb" <jdbubb@ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

>Anybody know how to decipher what electrical contacts go with what connector housings in ETKA?
>I can find the connector on the engine harness, so I have that part number.
>And in ETKA under "special catalogs" they list numbers for the contacts that go with the connector,
>but these are all wires with a contact crimped on each end.
>I just want the contacts (not already crimped on a wire) so I can build an engine harness from
>scratch
>Basically, I'm looking for the little flat blade electrical contacts that are used all over our
>engines. Distributor, cold start valve, thermotime switch.......
>Anybody know the part number or a way to figure out what it is?

Years ago I sold connectors and associated male, female and
hermaphrodite contacts for AMP, a name you will find in many places,
including VWs.  A lot of those connector pins were specialty items and
available only as crimping machine-applied.  I can only suggest you
try some true electronic supply houses (NOT Radio Shack) and find a
helpful connector-nerd to assist you.  But you will have to get a bit
lucky even to find a can-be-made-to-work solution.

Gordon