10 Mm2 Or 16 Mm2 Wire, Repairing

Special tools and workshop equipment required 

• Wiring Harness Repair Set - Hot Air Blower:VAS 1978/14A 
• Wiring Harness Repair Set VAS 631 003:VAS 631 003 
• Wiring Harness Repair - Blower - Shrink Element:VAS 1978/15A 

Removing

-- Install a crimp insert and a crimp stamp for the wire cross-section on the crimping pliers from the Wiring Harness Repair Set - Copper:VAS 631 003  .

-- Cut off the damaged part of the wiring harness.

Conditions

• If both ends are too short to repair with a crimp connector after cutting out the damaged section of the wiring harness, a yellow repair wire with two crimp connectors must be used.

-- Strip the wires depending on their cross section to the determined length to be stripped.

• 10 mm² wires: 14 mm
• 16 mm² wires: 16.5 mm

Conditions

• The insulation must be cut cleanly and removed from the wires.
• The single wires must not be damaged.

-- Slide the heat-shrinkable tube onto one of the wires, refer to the appropriate Electronic Parts Information.

-- Position the crimp connector -1- with the first crimping position centered on the crimp insert -2-.

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Conditions

• Dimension -a- must be the same.

-- Turn the quick feed lever -3- in -direction of the arrow- until the crimp connector -1- is secured.

-- Slide in the wire -2- with the stripped end in the -direction of the arrow- all the way into the crimp connector -1-.

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Conditions

• All single wires must be pushed into the crimp connector.

-- Completely close and open the crimping pliers several times until the crimp insert goes downward by itself into its original position.

Conditions

• Do not crimp the wire insulation -2-.

-- Repeat the wire crimping with the crimp connector -1- on the other side.

-- Remove the securing pin -1- in the -direction of the arrow A- until it stops.

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-- Open the adapter -2- in the -direction of the arrow B-.

-- Remove the crimped crimp connector.

-- Check the crimped crimp connector.

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• -A- - 10 mm² , star crimp
• -B- - 16 mm² , B crimp

-- Slide the heat-shrinkable tube -1- centrally over the crimp connector -2-.

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Conditions

• The dimension -a- must be the same on both sides.

-- Shrink the heat-shrinkable tube -1- using the Wiring Harness Repair Set - Hot Air Blower:VAS 1978/14A  and the Wiring Harness Repair - Blower - Shrink Element:VAS 1978/15A  starting from the inside and going outward.

-- Check the completed repair area -3-.

Conditions

• The heat-shrinkable tube must be fully shrunk.
• Adhesive must escape at the ends.

Early release

-- Release the release lever -1- in the -direction of arrow A-.

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-- Turn the quick feed lever -2- in the -direction of the arrow B- until the crimp insert is in its original position.

If an early release by hand is not possible, then:

-- Release the release lever -1- in the -direction of arrow A-.

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-- Turn the bolt -3- in -direction of the arrow C- until the crimp insert is in its original position.