clamps 34 may be of entirely conventional construction for the purposes of this invention and are not illustrated in detail herein at a preceding stage in the manufacture of the stator 10 the stator was located at a winding station not shown at which the coils 12 and 14 were wound and the lead wires 24a 24b 24c and 24d inserted into the wire clamps 34 so that they extend across the stator end face 18 adjacent their respective terminals 22a 22b 22c and 22d after the coils 12 and 14 are wound and the coil lead wires 22a 22b 22c and 22d connected to their respective clamps 34 at the winding station the transfer pin 32 is inserted in the bore of the stator 10 and the transfer carriage moved to the station s shown in fig1 in readiness for the temporary connection of the lead wires 24 to the terminals 22 the transfer pin 32 is shown spaced from the stator 10 in fig1 to show its end configuration in practice the transfer pin would remain in the bore of the stator 10 in the station s throughout the process described below the illustrated terminals 22 are of a type commercially available from amp incorporated of harrisburg pennsylvania each terminal 22 has a longitudinally.