Whats the name of these type connectors?

[birddog1]

[crankbait09]

I didn't get the connectors from here, but this is what mine look like: http://www.goodspeedmotoring.com/female-open-barrel-non-insulated-german-terminal-connector.html
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[Eric&Barb]

[crankbait09]

well, maybe I have a connector that is too small. maybe.
I am using the smallest crimping part of the jaw.

Here are some more pictures.
This wire that I am dealing with is coming off of the headlight button on the dash. The wire has no size markings on it. It does say 600v or less. But as for an AWG size, I can't find it. The wire was spray painted silver. I had to scrape off the painting in hopes of finding the wire size. The wire connector on one end says 14-16. the other end of this wire is going to the fuse block.

On the back of the headlight button, there is a black wire that you will see in the pictures. That will need to be re-crimped as well. it doesn't fit very well on the male connector, it falls off very easily. Either people don't like messing with wiring, or they just don't feel the need. There are a lot of connectors that are barely holding the wires, or they are crimped poorly. I find that I touch one wire, and another falls out of it's existing connector. Which is leading me to where I am. Having to fix a wire I had no plan to address. Didn't want to start tugging on wires.....yet.

can anyone tell me also why there are no wires on the other male connectors on the back of the headlight button? I think I should start a personal thread about this, I am deviating away from the OP.
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[Eric&Barb]

A wire marked "600v or less" does not sound like it is stock.

AWG 14-16 is smaller than say the AWG 10-12 like the terminal you posted the link to. So would help to know the wire size the terminals you do have are for.

Have you tried for now to slightly crimp with pliers the two gripping sides of the terminal slipping off?? That should keep them from falling off as long as the female terminal is not cracking on either/both sides.

You can find out what size the stock wires are in the wiring diagrams. Then way down at the end of the list of wiring diagrams there is a "Wiring size conversion chart - German mm to USA AWG" that will allow you to convert what mm wiring size is listed in the wiring diagram to the AWG size.

Definitely start a thread about your VW, all us ACVW crazies will be happy to help!
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[David_nc_72std]

The wire that is marked "600V or less" sounds like the wire you would get at a hardware store for house wiring, and is not intended to be used in vehicles. Hopefully you don't have wire with a single, solid conductor, but even if you have the stranded version, the strands tend to be larger, and fewer in number, than what is normally used in a car. That wire tends to be much less flexible and also more likely to break.

The wires will tend to pull out easily if the connectors are crimped wrong, or if someone used the cheap crimp tools you find in a lot of stores that basically just squash the connector flat.

[crankbait09]

[Eric&Barb]

More recent info on crimpers in the post-1967 beetle forum:

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...mp;start=0
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