It must have been the bubble flare then. Altough I seem to remember that some connections on the distribution block needed bubble flares as well. But it has been a while since I worked on mine.
Some of the electrical solutions are curious indeed. Either wel thought out or not at all.
Is there any fiberglass in the Jehle conversion or is it all steel? I never weighed mine but it would be interesting to see what the weight would be. Must put it on the scales sometime, we have a set to set up the suspensions and corner weigh the racecars that we work on.