[Mgs] Lucas 25D rebuild advice...

[Rick Lindsay]

A trick with solder wick:

   First of all, it is designed to wick solder away
from whatever you're de-soldering.  Therefore, if you
solder connectors on the ends it will suck up all the
solder and turn hard as solid metal.  And you should
solder connectors on, so...
   You need to clean the rosin flux from the braided
copper.  You can do this by soaking the solder wick in
brake cleaner (tri-chlor).  This is the same stuff the
industrial dudes used to use to clean rosin/flux from
wave-soldered circuit boards.  This process leaves the
copper very clean so it will still suck up solder like
mad.  When you solder connectors on the ends clamp the
wire with forceps right behind the connector.  Voila! 
You have a very flexible ground wire!

Regards,

rick

--- Mike Janacek <mjanacek at snet.net> wrote:

> Re: very flexible braided ground wire
> 
> This part if needed might be available at your local
> electronics supply 
> store such as Radio Shack.
> Look for solder wicking used for desoldering
> electronic parts.
> You would have to add your own ends on it though.
> 
> Mike
> '79B
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1 at blueyonder.co.uk>
> To: "Kevin Richards" <mg.carma at verizon.net>;
> <mgs at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 5:42 AM
> Subject: Re: [Mgs] Lucas 25D rebuild advice...
> 
> 
> <SNIP>
> > There should be a very flexible braided ground
> wire between the moving
> > points plate (moved by the vacuum capsule) and the
> body of the 
> > distributor.
> > If this is in bad condition you can get no or
> intermittent current flow
> > through the coil.
> >
> > PaulH.
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> Hi there, I have never rebuilt a distributor
> before, so I am looking
> >> for online resources such as PDF files that show
> the "Blown-up"
> >> diagram that shows how it all goes together.
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