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Pgh Ultramatic

Re: Mojave Tan - A 1956 400 Saga

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Kevin,

I happen to be making a 56 TL harness for another customer pretty soon. So of course I could make you one as well, or if you want to DIY it I will have the materials on hand in a couple weeks. Could sell you a kit for ¢¢ instead of $$ so to speak.

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Mr.Pushbutton wrote:
I have observed that car guys that are great mechanics are rarely good at soldering or frankly anything electrical.

This is pretty true and I don't know why it is. Good soldering, much like good welding, mainly requires just three things: knowledge of what a good joint looks like, decent equipment, and some practice. Unlike welding, though, the investment for a decent soldering setup is only like $50 nowadays, and can be used or stored almost anywhere. And like welding, it's hard to have a good substitute for it. When you need it, you need it.

Posted on: Today 13:16

Mr.Pushbutton

Re: Mojave Tan - A 1956 400 Saga

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Pgh Ultramatic wrote:
Kevin,

I happen to be making a 56 TL harness for another customer pretty soon. So of course I could make you one as well, or if you want to DIY it I will have the materials on hand in a couple weeks. Could sell you a kit for ¢¢ instead of $$ so to speak.

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Mr.Pushbutton wrote:
I have observed that car guys that are great mechanics are rarely good at soldering or frankly anything electrical.

This is pretty true and I don't know why it is. Good soldering, much like good welding, mainly requires just three things: knowledge of what a good joint looks like, decent equipment, and some practice. Unlike welding, though, the investment for a decent soldering setup is only like $50 nowadays, and can be used or stored almost anywhere. And like welding, it's hard to have a good substitute for it. When you need it, you need it.

Yeah, They just don't teach that in shop class. Not sure they ever did. My father worked for Michigan Bell Telephone Company, and later AT&T from 1941-1986. He taught me how to solder when I was 12-13 years old, 'the Bell way". Later I went to vocational school for industrial electronics, did a lot of soldering there. Then started my first real full time job at 18 working for an electronics manufacturing company and I soldered every day for 11 years, and had access to tools and supplies that made the process easier, faster, and more reliable. Most car guys have one of those induction guns, which isn't a great tool. But that's all they know. Never heard of using liquid flux. Those are the ones that attempt soldering. Most go right for the crimp connector assortment and tool.

Posted on: Today 13:53

R H

Re: Mojave Tan - A 1956 400 Saga

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Nice work John.

I put splints on to keep wire from bending at solder joints

Posted on: Today 14:16

Riki

Packard Don

Re: Mojave Tan - A 1956 400 Saga

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I grew up with one grandfather being an electrician and the other being a radio and TV repairman so learned to solder at a very early age. I earned my first dollar repairing a radio (a tube-type battery-powered radio!) and build my first theremin when I was 10 from little more than a schematic and a pile of components. I also build a electronic organ at 14. Anyway, the list goes on and on so I do know how to solder but learned recently to stay away from Weller produces after a couple failures in a row. My TV repairman grandfather always used Weller so I have too but their quality simply isn't what it once was.

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