Molex connector for pinball 9 pin plus#

These do not belong anywhere near a post asking for 'best crimpers' but just be aware they are out there.Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. These are good for majority of people that just fix machines for themselves.Īnd then there are Waldom crimpers. Disadvantage is that none of these have locators. Biggest advantages to these is they are inexpensive and you don't need a crimper for each contact size. General purpose crimpers that work well with several sizes but no 'locator' function. These are crimpers such as the IWISS SN28B or the HT-225Ds. Then there are the more versatile (but not 'Best') crimpers out there.

But there were lots of iterations of these crimpers out there and many of the older ones are out of luck for repair parts. I also have repair parts for many of these crimpers available. Watch ebay - these pop up often at a cheap price but be careful since lots of them are broken. Problems with Molex/Sargent crimpers - expensive and one crimper does one size of contact.

TheGleek has the range of most popular crimpers in post #14 (but it does look like the locator for the 0.062' contacts is missing). Oetiker/Sargent tools with locators can be found here: Once you use a tool with a locator - you won't want to go back to the cheaper tools without locators. If you do LOTS of crimping then the locator is a tremendous time saver. By far the biggest advantage of these are the locators for holding contacts at right position and depth, built in wire stop and does both wire and insulation in one repeatable crimp (ratcheting). If you want the best - either go with the Swiss Molex tools (at about $300 each) or go with the manufacturer that used to make the crimpers for Molex: Oetiker (AKA Rostra or Sargent). If you want Molex or Molex equivalent crimpers then you need to buy a crimp tool for each contact size. There are a half dozen or so contact sizes/types that are most common with pinball/arcade games. There are many manufacturers of 0.062, 0.1, 0.156, 4.2mm, etc connectors/contacts and Molex is just one of them. Keep in mind that not all kits you buy are truly Molex and OEM and they are chinese copies which are not as good.įirst - if you want the best 'Molex' tools then the answer is easy -> Molex. i have people sending me pictures almost daily to ID stuff and help them so i am always happy to do it and if we don't stock it and i know who does i always send them in that direction.

Molex connector for pinball 9 pin plus#

we have more obsolete stock then any place i have seen out there so our selection is quite vast and we have many more connectors than what's on our site plus we have all the tools you will need. Remember there are many places that have ratcheting framed crimpers and while their frames are the same or similar the quality of the die is what truly matters for your results.Ĭonnectors you could buy as many kits as you like and likely you will still have something your missing so its always best to just buy the main few that are common and build on that as you need stuff otherwise you will waist your money and still not have what you need. now remember i would bet you would be hard pressed to find anyone on here that has done more crimping since i have made thousands of harnesses and up until recently i used this crimper and i have NEVER had a complaint with a harness we made. we have other crimpers for more specialized uses too but for this is the one. Here is the best overall crimper for the money and does 90-95% of all arcade and pinball crimping.