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tomahawk · 11-06-2015, 08:21 AM

I did this a few summers ago. No crimp tool. It was a struggle for me soldering the wires. I'd get too much solder on the pin and then it would not lock into place in the housing. After a few I got the feel for it but there was a definite learning curve. Everything works fine now but I think the tool would have saved me some aggravation.

jorluivil · 11-06-2015, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by tomahawk

I did this a few summers ago. No crimp tool. It was a struggle for me soldering the wires. I'd get too much solder on the pin and then it would not lock into place in the housing. After a few I got the feel for it but there was a definite learning curve. Everything works fine now but I think the tool would have saved me some aggravation.

Are you using flux?

If you're not, take a small amount of flux and rub it into the area that you want to solder. Apply solder and the wires will suck up the solder, without the solder you're just making the wires hot.

I used some small needle nose pliers to crimp the wires, simply fold one of the tabs over the wires, fold the second wire over and squeeze tight. Apply flux, solder and you're done.

tomahawk · 11-06-2015, 09:14 AM

I was using solder with a flux core. What i did was tin both sides, crimp wires with needle nose, heat assembly. If I started with too much solder on the pin side from tinning, it would form a small nodule that prevented the pin from locking. What I learned was make sure the wire was not engaged too far and use solder sparingly. I consider my skills with a soldering to be poor...
Tom

tomahawk · 11-06-2015, 09:19 AM

Another thought occurred to me. on the pins there are two sets tabs, one to hold the wire and casing and the other to crimp the wire. Did you use both sets? When I did it, i used both sets which puts the wire tips close to a hole in the pin and the cause of my issues.
Tom

11-06-2015, 08:21 AM	#1
tomahawk Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 109	I did this a few summers ago. No crimp tool. It was a struggle for me soldering the wires. I'd get too much solder on the pin and then it would not lock into place in the housing. After a few I got the feel for it but there was a definite learning curve. Everything works fine now but I think the tool would have saved me some aggravation.

11-06-2015, 09:14 AM	#3
tomahawk Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 109	I was using solder with a flux core. What i did was tin both sides, crimp wires with needle nose, heat assembly. If I started with too much solder on the pin side from tinning, it would form a small nodule that prevented the pin from locking. What I learned was make sure the wire was not engaged too far and use solder sparingly. I consider my skills with a soldering to be poor... Tom

11-06-2015, 09:19 AM	#4
tomahawk Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 109	Another thought occurred to me. on the pins there are two sets tabs, one to hold the wire and casing and the other to crimp the wire. Did you use both sets? When I did it, i used both sets which puts the wire tips close to a hole in the pin and the cause of my issues. Tom