Re: Turn signal problems
Posted by HH56 On 2014/7/25 20:53:30
If your plug is like mine it appears to be a molded plug with pins cast into the rubber. Mine has pins with rounded tips -- no sign of any crimping -- with the end of the wire sticking thru about 1/16" and soldered.
Don't see any obvious separation points available in the plug so I believe the wires will have to be removed by unsoldering. If you have a decent watt gun you should be able to free the wire by heating just the tip of the pin trying to be quick enough not to get pin so hot the rubber starts melting. If there is not solder filling the entire pin the wire should be able to be pulled back immediately after the gun is removed. If there is excess solder then the pin will have to be kept hot while the wire is pulled. It could be messy so protect the carpet from hot solder falling.
If there is another non obvious way then I'd like to learn too.
I think the switch is very similar to earlier as far as the inner construction. On the earlier switches the movable contacts are set into a fiber board. Those fiber pieces had a nasty habit of warping due to moisture or just old age. Once warped the contacts are very iffy.
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Don't see any obvious separation points available in the plug so I believe the wires will have to be removed by unsoldering. If you have a decent watt gun you should be able to free the wire by heating just the tip of the pin trying to be quick enough not to get pin so hot the rubber starts melting. If there is not solder filling the entire pin the wire should be able to be pulled back immediately after the gun is removed. If there is excess solder then the pin will have to be kept hot while the wire is pulled. It could be messy so protect the carpet from hot solder falling.
If there is another non obvious way then I'd like to learn too.
I think the switch is very similar to earlier as far as the inner construction. On the earlier switches the movable contacts are set into a fiber board. Those fiber pieces had a nasty habit of warping due to moisture or just old age. Once warped the contacts are very iffy.
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