Knurled wrote: ....But what am I supposed to use to hold my blood in after I gash my fingers for the umpteenth time?
Duh. Crazy Glue.
I say that like it's supposed to be funny, but, no... I put a 2" long and really berkeleying deep slash in my leg demonstrating proper use of a box cutter to remove a beer cap on a Friday before long track weekend. Since two stupid acts cancel each other, my friend crazy glued it closed. Two years later and it still isn't bleeding 
As a race mechanic I learned to tin, crimp, solder, then shrink wrap.
Then, I had another pro mechanic friend point out that aircraft don't use solder on their connectors because of vibration and fatigue failures...so he didn't like solder.
I don't know...I like solder and haven't owned a car long enough to have a failure.
THAT said...I totally splice in my radios with wire nuts. Fast and easy and it's definitely one of those rare, "Why actually...I do have time to do it twice" type jobs.
Clem
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:Knurled wrote: ....But what am I supposed to use to hold my blood in after I gash my fingers for the umpteenth time?Duh. Crazy Glue. I say that like it's supposed to be funny, but, no... I put a 2" long and really berkeleying deep slash in my leg demonstrating proper use of a box cutter to remove a beer cap on a Friday before long track weekend. Since two stupid acts cancel each other, my friend crazy glued it closed. Two years later and it still isn't bleeding
I do that all the time. When you play hockey, that's something you do on the bench so you can get back on the ice without having to go for stitches. Also works for nails that want to come off after you hit your finger with a hammer, puck or Robertson screwdriver.
Krazy Glue doesn't put pressure on the wound, which usually hurts like a sumbitch due to the blunt force trauma that usually inflicted it. The elasticity of electrical tape is wonderful in this regard. Plus, it's more waterproof than brown paper towel and duct tape.
Man, it'll suck if I ever need to learn Braille 
I also install stereos by twisting wires and taping, once even with masking tape. It's never not worked yet, and it's not totally mission-critical like, say, the injector harness.
That reminds me of the autocross C4 that came in with a running problem that only occurred when hot. It was on slicks, had one of those goofy Cheetah shifters on an automatic, etc. Long story short, the problem was that whoever had put in the Accel DFI's wiring harness used the twist-and-tape method on the injector harness under the TPI plenum. Masking tape. It went conductive when hot.
Under the car and the engine bay I use marine grade shrinkable crimps. Under the dash, regular crimps. No problems yet.
Zomby Woof wrote: Robertson screwdriver.
Luckily, the women find me handsome.
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