the present invention is an apparatus for and method of aligning the terminals of a group of connectors in side by side abutting relationship with tooling for terminating wires to the terminals thereof . the group of connectors is placed in a track with the first connector against a stop . a plurality of vertically reciprocal guide blades are arranged adjacent the track and are moved upwardly , one at a time , the first engaging the first connector and positioning it relative to the termination tooling followed by subsequent blades engaging the other connectors . these subsequent engagements occur one at a time in sequential order with increasing distance from the stop . when all connectors are positioned by engaging guide blades , wires are terminated to the connector terminals and the guide blades moved out of engagement so that the completed connector assembly can be removed and the process repeated .