No one's mentioned "tinning" the wire. Doesn't anyone "tin" the wire anymore?
I dip the wire in flux, "tin" it, then feed it into the hot bullet, having
previously melted solder into the bullet. If off the car, the bullet can be
positioned in a vice and the wire fed into it. If on the car, the bullet can
be held in a forcepts to minimize heat loss and fed onto the wire .
Ed Woods
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee&John Howard" <leejohn7 at gmail.com>
To: Dave1massey at cs.com
Cc: triumphs at autox.team.net
Sent: Sunday, March 4, 2012 12:20:56 PM
Subject: Re: [TR] soldering
I'm with you on that, Dave. I usually try to position a wooden carpentry
clamp so that it can gently hold the wire while I apply the iron to the
bullet.
John Howard
On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 7:48 AM, <Dave1massey at cs.com> wrote:
> In a message dated 3/3/2012 10:00:42 PM Central Standard Time,
> nafzigerg at yahoo.com writes:
> > Do I need a larger soldering iron or do I need
> > different solder? B Is there a solder specifically for electrical
> > connections
> > in cars that has a lower melting point?
> >
>
> You have received a couple of well informed replies already but let me add
> my technique to the list.
>
> The secret to soldering is to get the parts hot enough to melt the solder.
> I apply a small ammount of solder to the tip of the soldering gun/iron as
> this will greatly improve heat transfer. B Then I heat the bullet since this
> is the largets mass. B I then apply the solder to the bullet. B When it gets
> hot enough the solder will begin to melt and I feed the solder in to make
> the
> joint. B With that ammount of heat and the bullet hot enough the wire will
> quickly heat up enough to take up the solder and the joint will be a solid
> one.
>
> I just made a dozen or so of these joints last weekend on my TR3 and the
> biggest problem I had was caffine related. B Trying to hold the soldering
> gun
> sdeady for the 30 seconds or so on a bullet ballanced precariously on the
> end
> of a small, wavering wire while trying to apply solder with the other
> required much concentration for this old man.
>
> It ain't easy and I have quite a bit of experience in electrical soldering.
>
> Dave
>
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