[TR] Fwd: Soldered Wire Connections in Cars

[David Griffiths]

Just a little contribution to that thread. I restored a 1929 Chevrolet  
not long ago, with the original wiring in place. The electrical wire  
connections were soldered bullets, and the bullets of course are  
joined in a short metal sleeve. Well the woven and lacquered cotton  
insulation had fallen off most places, and was cracked and brittle,  
but never one place was any wire broken, certainly not where the  
soldered wire went over to the unsoldered metal wire. Sounds like a  
myth.

Thanks,
Dave

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Brian.L.Jones at gsk.com
> Date: 11 July 2008 20:01:15 GMT+02:00
> To: triumphs at autox.team.net
> Subject: [TR] Soldered Wire Connections in Cars
>
> I have previously read of this caution, regarding soldered wire
> connections in cars, as Paul reported:
>
>
>> My soldering is very bad plus I've been told that wiring in  cars  
>> ought
> not be
>> soldered.  Soldering does not allow minute vibrations of the  
>> connection
> thus
>> yielding broken wires.
>
> Is this urban myth, or is there truth to it?