Maybe this question is better posted to rec.autos.tech or maybe
rec.arts.metalworking but I figure you guys have done plenty of electrical
work too :-) :-) :-)
I've just gone and spliced in a new piece of a wiring harness on my TR8.
I used solder (and flux where necessary) to make all the connections. An
old guy I know who restores old American iron (50's vintage) says he NEVER
uses flux and tries to crimp everything. He claims you can never get rid
of all the flux and it will weaken the wire around the joint and will
eventually fail(!) Ack! He tells me this AFTER I've finished the harness
and retaped it all back up.
So, any auto/electrical experts out there? Should I redo everything? Or,
perhaps, is this guy just flat wrong? I do trust him and he does
spectacularly good work... Help?
Thanks,
jim
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