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What do you use to crimp 4-gauge ring terminals?
Is there a special crimping tool or will a pair of vise-grips do the job?
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I'm sure there are crimpers available for 4-ga., but vice grips have always worked fine for me.
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I'll try that (I need to make a 4-gauge alternator output cable for my Mustang..I'm upgrading the alternator in it).
I assume vice-grips provide decent results (as in, the crimp is good and tight)?
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i used vice grips too, just make sure to keep clamping then down tighter and tighter, once isn't good enough.
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i used a hammer and a cinderblock. maybe next time i should try vice grips  . the hammer actually works kinda well though.
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i used to hand-crimp it with a 12g tool... you bet i learned my lesson and switched to using a vice. what am i gonna do when i upgrade to 0g wire? 
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use a hammer!
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When you go to 0ga. I'd take it to an auto electric shop and have them swage on your terminals, it's cheap insurance against failure.
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Plyers, hammer, run over it. 
Just make the wire stay in tightly.
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i used a vice, but mine kept slipping off, so i used a hammer and a nail set to push the flanges down
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