Bizarrely, I’ve found an unused length in my garage. Removing the insulation, the wire measures 2.8 to 3.0 mm od, hence 6 or 7 mm2. Your “almost certainly” confirm it so thanks, Paul.
The interweb doesn’t find “a posh version of these”……….but thanks for the thought.It's basically a posh version of these
Thank you for this. However, I'm still unable to find one for 6mm2 cable with M6 clearance hole.
A normal lug will be fine.
No doubt it will be, Paul, and I've ordered from (from your suggested source). Sadly, I'm a bit anal when trying to keep this old banger as original as possible, hence my desire to find a like-for-like lug.
Back to the job in hand. That looks like an earthing strap from an old 60/70s car although the ones on offer now from vintage specialists seem to have just plain lugs.
That’s exactly what it is. Specifically, the picture shows the smaller earth lead to the inner wing. The main lead goes to gearbox, near to the starter motor and has chafed so I need to make a replacement as they are NLA. The battery post connection, not shown, has both 16 and 6 mm2 cables connected together. Each of the 3 lugs has a different wire size, shape and bolting hole.
If you have no other need for a hydraulic crimper and don't really want to buy one, you could:
He went on my small, but beautifully curated, ignore list some time ago.
That’s an incredibly warm gesture, Paul, thank you. However, everything is now on order and I’m quite looking forward to making it. It’s disappointing that it will not be “original” so the next best option is that I’ll have made it. Originality is both intrinsic and fiscal value of the car.
Thanks for taking the time to search, much appreciated.
Sure, but if you google "toothed ring tongue terminal" there will be hits to inspire for further seaches, like
As mentioned standard ring terminals (plain hole as opposed to toothed) for press fit or solderinig are plenty availabe in all sorts of sizes
