I've actually got an IDC crimping tool. Before recrimping I could see the parts of the metal pins between the connector body and the ribbon cable itself. I'll try and use my terrible ASCII art skills (or lack of as the case may be)
Looking at the connector before recrimping:
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| ==================================================== |
+---^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^---+
| |
| |
+----------------------------------------------------------+
After recrimping:
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| |
+---====================================================---+
| |
| |
+----------------------------------------------------------+
It's probably easier to use a small bench vise though.
- Trevor
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