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2 Installation
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handles to crimp the contact onto the wire.
The tool handles automatically release and
spring open after the crimp cycle is complete.
Once the contact has been crimped, insert and
lock the contact receptacle into the appropriate
connector housing following the pinout diagrams
found in the Quick Connection Guides on pages
2-16 to 2-57.
A receptacle contact is inserted into the hous-
ing with its locking tab side toward the locking
tab slots on the side of the connector housing. A
slight click can be heard when the contact’s lock-
ing tab springs up into the locking tab slot.
To remove a contact from a housing, the PRE70-
129 Contact Removal Tool (included in the
PRE76-2001 tool kit) is required. Insert the tool's
tip into the locking tab slot and press the locking
tab down while lightly pulling on the wire to re-
move the contact from the housing.
Receptacle Contact,
Insertion & Removal Detail
Locking Tab
Locking Tab Slots
Contact Removal Tool
Logic control cables are fabricated in a similar
manner to the audio wiring. Strip the jacket insu-
lation back 1½" [38.10 mm], sleeve the cut end
with 3/4" [19.05 mm] of shrink tubing and strip
the insulation from each wire 9/64" [3.57 mm].
CRIMP TOOL OPERATION
A ratcheting AMP crimp tool with contact holder
is included. The tool crimps both the insulation and
wire barrels on the AMP MOD IV receptacle con-
tact in one crimp. To use the ratcheting crimp tool:
1
Insert the contact into the contact holder with
the barrel openings up. Typically the middle
holder is used (for 20 - 24 AWG wire). Flip
the holder up so it magnetically latches against
the crimp tool. The end of the insulation bar-
rel will be about 2 mm from the end of the
die. Close the tool one click (only until the
anvil holds the contact in place, as shown in
the cutaway view, above.)
2
Insert the prepped wire into the contact until
the insulation hits the tool’s wire stop. Hold
the wire in place while squeezing the tool
AMP MOD IV
Contact
Crimp Tool
Crimp Tool — Cutaway View
Anvils
Printed
Side of
Crimp
Tool
Insulation Stop
AMP MOD IV
Receptacle
Contact
Die
Contact Holder,
snapped against
Crimp Tool
Wire
Audio Wire, ready for insertion into an
AMP MOD IV connector housing
AMP MOD IV
Receptacle Contacts
Cable ID Tag
3/4” [19.05 mm]
Shrink Tubing
Teflon Sleeving
over drain wire
