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| vtsteam:
I was avoiding saying anything about acid core solder, because I, too don't know what small scale racing practice is for connections. Maybe there is something at work there I don't know. But I've always been warned not to use acid core for anything electronic. It stays in twisted wire and braid and eats up thin connections in electrical work and corrodes circuit boards. And I imagine it would be worse where moisture, vibration dirt and heat are present. I would think aircraft electrical practice would be the best place to look for racing car work. I don't think you'll find acid core solder used there. |
| RussellT:
I too wondered about acid flux - you're not supposed to use it on gas pipes as you can't clean it off the inside and it eventually makes them leak - but I didn't know about electronics so I've learnt something. :clap: Russell |
| micktoon:
Hi Lads, thanks for the info on the acic core solder , I think it may have been used on some switches as they seemed very corroded for something that has never been in the wet ! , I have just used the normal rosin type electrical stuff anyway , the reason the acid type caught my interest was thinking back to repairing wiring to say the numberplate lights on an old car where the copper has blackened and is a nightmare to solder but an even bigger nightmare to replace the wiring , I had thought it might be ideal for that sort of get it through one more MOT test type situation. An update on the kart is ............... its running and starts first time every time , all wiring safe and working but really it needs stripped and rebuilt from scratch as its too fast to be assuming things are done right and been tightened correctly etc, all I have done it got it to a stage where it works and looks clean and tidy without going to the point of stripping it right down and re doing it all. My friend who has sort of inherited the kart has no real interest in drag racing it ( plus is 6 feet 4 inches tall and weighs about 20 stones :bugeye: , so not the perfect build for setting world record quarter mile times :palm: :lol: ) So its getting sold as a project for someone that has the need for speed :thumbup: I will post a few more photos of it cleaned up and see if anyone can notice the difference tomorrow. Cheers Mick |
| krv3000:
well you got ther in the end well a bit on soft soldering and flux types and the dreded black wiring you can get proper fluxe for wiring wich will not corode the wiring thruw the wick efect for clening the old wiriing get hold of a scrach brush its a fiber glass pen that is used on all sorts of things bear the wier then go over the wier with it to cleen it has any one wocht american hot rod if you look closely i have seen them yosing plumers flux on ther wiring :bugeye: that will rot your wier right off |
| R.G.Y.:
Back to the modding. Photos of my B.R.IS.C.A F11 stock car 1983 - 1992. Strange name as the only stock item is the driver. Photo 1 a bad day p2 not all day are bad. I had hair then. :mmr: |
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