Soldering equipment....one better than another?

[gmachinz]

Here's a pic of my very first attempt at soldering. The top of the joint is me. The bottom is @gmachinz when he soldered in the crimp for the kit. I've got some practicing to do lol

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I don't see my solder image...?

 

[HotRodPC]

Ended up picking this up to get me started along with some rosin core solder.

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That's a good one for stiffeling a Glock.

 

[Old77]

I don't see my solder image...?

It's in that pic. Left hand side at the bottom of that crimp where you soldered the crimp onto the wire. You know where yours is all pretty and smooth that is soldered, right? Looks like it is but just much nicer than mine at the top of that joint lol

 

[gmachinz]

I had to help a buddy track down an electrical problem in his JEEP that has been giving him fits for 2 years-finally all of his climate control motor door operations and blower motor quit working. I traced it all the way to a faulty (it was technically an open circuit since there was a major corrosion blockage) so there was voltage at the fuse panel but not at the blower relay on that same wire-it was a severely corroded wire under his fuse panel underhood. Here's how I do "field" repairs with regards to soldering....pics are in order-this is the best way to do it imo.....enjoy:

 

[gmachinz]

If room allows strip back about an inch of good wire strands on both ends-elimination the corroded section....slide a piece of dual wall polyolephin heatshrink on the longest lead like so...

 

[gmachinz]

We will solder these two ends together like so.....

 

[gmachinz]

I use strands of 10ga wire to act as a tie wrap to tightly bound the repair section together-I stock 6-inch lengths just for this purpose....

 

[gmachinz]

After soldering it should look something like this....

 

[gmachinz]

After sliding the tubing over and slowly heating it the gel starts to ooze out the ends to seal it and that's it-repair done!

 

[Old77]

Good stuff!!

 

[74 Shortbed]

Makes a nice repair..

 

[Old77]

This is turning into a great thread for info for those of us that are new to this

 

[Camar068]

Something I had to do last night. I like using solder paste. When your soldering over stuff other than your bench (wiring harness, ckt board, etc), put a paper towel under it to catch the excess flux. Makes for quicker clean up, and you can use that paper towel w/alcohol to clean off the flux when your done soldering.

I use strands of 10ga wire to act as a tie wrap

I like that, never seen it. On the LS harness, I've been using what he's using below, but with longer strips of wire. Push the 2 sprawls together, then twist one end clockwise and the other end counter-clockwise. If you do it tight enough, the wires will hold each other together.

BTW, that is a handy stand also, you can make one if you like. It comes in real handy when you've got wire/components that don't want to stay in the correct position. Lets see if the youtube embed works....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv1j0qwwfP0

LOL whats the damn code to embed a youtube video