1. A terminal applicator for attaching an electrical terminal to a conductor, said terminal applicator including: a frame
having an abutting surface attached thereto; an anvil supported by said frame; a feed mechanism coupled to said frame for
feeding a strip of electrical terminals along a feed path extending to said anvil and positioning an electrical terminal in
crimping position on said anvil; a ram, having crimping tooling attached thereto, in sliding engagement with said frame and
arranged to undergo reciprocating motion carrying said crimping tooling along an axis in a crimping direction into crimping
engagement with said electrical terminal on said anvil and in an opposite return direction away from said anvil,
a hold down device having a hold down surface, said device carried by said ram for moving said hold down surface into close
proximity to said terminal when said crimping tooling is approaching said crimping engagement with said terminal,
wherein said hold down device comprises a standoff removably attached thereto that abuts said abutting surface when said crimping
tooling is approaching said crimping engagement.
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