Crimp tooling for a terminal crimping machine for crimping a terminal to a wire, the crimp tooling comprising: a lower tooling assembly configured to support the terminal during crimping, the lower tooling assembly comprising a base having a plate and an anvil supported by the plate; and upper tooling configured to form the terminal around the wire during crimping, the upper tooling comprising a wire crimper and a wire crimper holder for holding the wire crimper; the wire crimper having a main body and first and second legs (184, 186) extending from the main body, the first and second legs provided on opposite sides of a crimp slot configured to receive the terminal and having a crimp profile configured to form the terminal during crimping; the wire crimper holder having a top end and a bottom end, the wire crimper holder having a front and a rear, the wire crimper holder having a first side and a second side, the wire crimper holder having a pocket at the bottom end, the pocket receiving the main body of the wire crimper, the wire crimper being secured to the wire crimper holder in the pocket such that the legs extend below the bottom end to engage the terminal, the wire crimper holder having a first press surface at the first side and a second press surface at the second side, the wire crimper holder having a first alignment surface at the first side and a second alignment surface at the second side, the wire crimper holder including a plug above the first and second press surfaces, the plug including the first and second alignment surfaces, the plug being configured to be plugged into a plug chamber of a terminator ram such that the first and second alignment surfaces engage the terminator ram to hold a side-to-side position of the wire crimper holder relative to the terminator ram, the first and second press surfaces configured to engage the terminator ram and to be pressed downward by the terminator ram during crimping, the plug being configured to be releasably fixed to the terminator ram in the plug chamber, characterized in that the first and second alignment surfaces (230, 232) are angled nonparallel to a movement axis of the upper tooling. a lower tooling assembly configured to support the terminal during crimping, the lower tooling assembly comprising a base having a plate and an anvil supported by the plate; and upper tooling configured to form the terminal around the wire during crimping, the upper tooling comprising a wire crimper and a wire crimper holder for holding the wire crimper; the wire crimper having a main body and first and second legs (184, 186) extending from the main body, the first and second legs provided on opposite sides of a crimp slot configured to receive the terminal and having a crimp profile configured to form the terminal during crimping; the wire crimper holder having a top end and a bottom end, the wire crimper holder having a front and a rear, the wire crimper holder having a first side and a second side, the wire crimper holder having a pocket at the bottom end, the pocket receiving the main body of the wire crimper, the wire crimper being secured to the wire crimper holder in the pocket such that the legs extend below the bottom end to engage the terminal, the wire crimper holder having a first press surface at the first side and a second press surface at the second side, the wire crimper holder having a first alignment surface at the first side and a second alignment surface at the second side, the wire crimper holder including a plug above the first and second press surfaces, the plug including the first and second alignment surfaces, the plug being configured to be plugged into a plug chamber of a terminator ram such that the first and second alignment surfaces engage the terminator ram to hold a side-to-side position of the wire crimper holder relative to the terminator ram, the first and second press surfaces configured to engage the terminator ram and to be pressed downward by the terminator ram during crimping, the plug being configured to be releasably fixed to the terminator ram in the plug chamber, characterized in that the first and second alignment surfaces (230, 232) are angled nonparallel to a movement axis of the upper tooling.