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i have pulled engines and not yelled "AHH ----" as may times as i just did soldering that damn thing, but i finished with only one 'serious' burn (one that will leave a mark) :-X so that brings up a question: you guys where gloves or something when doing this? or am i just a newbie?

anyway i took some pics with my shitty ass camera:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...1/fa49a9e7.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...a/fa49a9ea.jpg
i think i will start my new carrer as a photographer soon ;D


so then i burn a program to a chip.....oh wait i dont have a burner :'( think i am going to get a Transtronics Romulator with real-time emulator....

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How many times have you soldered before? I took a class on soldering and I still don't think I'd trust myself to socket an ecu.

To answer your question, I usually don't wear gloves but that is a tight space to maneuver. I think gloves would get in the way. Its a toss-up. I never have worn gloves while soldering.

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I've got scars from soldering, that's how good I am. I think my soldering gun is 110 watts or something obscene like that, I think I'll get a cheap radio shack soldering iron for working on small stuff.

How much is the romulator? did you chip your eg ecu or are you just practicing?

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umm.. i dont wear gloves or anything, but then again ive been soldering for maaany years. I actually use a butane soldering iron most of the time!!! I don't know why.. it gets ready in less than a minute and sounds cool.. or summin

I have nice weller super-duper controlled soldering station and a decent Hakko desoldering station.

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Solder naked, it's a mind thing, when it's REALLY on the line, you won't make any mistakes. But ----, maybe I'm just a rock-star, I solder behind my bacd, and with my teeth and ----.
-PHiZ

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i have a crazy 150/230 watt soldering iron....you think i can chip my ecu with that w/o frying everything?

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i did my own ecu its not hard with a nice iron and a solder sucker

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i should (meaning im lazy and might do it tomarrow) go take a pic of my 'soldering station' haha....

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Yea, the kitchen table (for me :-D)

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what is some ---- is that radio shack sells a single 35watt soldering iron for $8.69, and for $8.99 you get the iron with a bunch of other crap like a sponge for cleaning it, and a heat sink and a stand, and a few other things. as soon as I have some time I'll have to get that 30 cent extra kit and make me one of these fancy things: http://www.carolinahondas.com/forums...lerpark+budget

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do yourself a favor and get the butane iron from RatShack for 19.99, a couple spare tips and some tinning compound for the tip. Not only does this thing rock-ass because it can also be used as a mini-blowtorch for heat shrink etc, it becomes invaluable for in-car and on the road wiring repairs!

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you should work for radio shack or at leat get commission because I think you just sold me a butane soldering iron.

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What is all this talk?!

I can socket an OBD0 ECU in about 30 minutes using nothing more than a $5 soldering iron and $2 desoldering braid from RadioShack.

No burns, no cuts, no explosions. ;D

Just keep practicing, hf, you'll get better and faster.

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that's why we ask you for help, you are just that good.

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Man! Why haven't I done this? I am so sick of stringing an extension cord out the house to the driveway so I can solder electronics. Oh yeah... I'm cheap. That's it >:( Ok, I gotta get me one of those. Also, can anyone recommend a good way to desolder these things on the cheap? My normal method is to heat the wires up with an iron and then just tear them apart when they are hot enough, but this ain't gonna work on a chip with multiple leads. I'm not spending a couple hundred bucks on a station. How hard is it to do with one of those vacuum tools, or some braid? I need to run to Radio Shack.

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I just hit up radio shack and got a butane soldering iron, some of that tin stuff, a desoldering braid and most of the crap needed for joseph davis's homemade afc, let's see how it does.

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Radio Shack has this desoldering vacuum device thing for less than $20. It should work decent. Better than your heating method. Go there and explain your situation. They'll be able to recommend you the right one.

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the people at the radio shack here don't know ----. I went and asked the guy about a 5k ohm potentiometer and he looked at me like I had said too big of a word for him. I need to find a 5kohm potentiometer to complete my home made afc (as per joseph davis instructions) and I don't know if I can use the one without the legs for the board, anybody in here know?

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people at the shack here are the same, i dont try to ask them questions that are hard. i just grab my ---- i need...

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they like to ask me if I need help when I walk in, and as soon as I say "it's going on my car" they immediatly tell me that they don't carry automotive stuff and that they don't have it, then I go and find what I needed on my own and they smile and say "did you find everything you were looking for" when I check out. Sometimes I feel like stealing everything, but I don't.

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I wear some sparco racing gloves :)

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Competir con guantes, ¿Usted ha perdido su mente? Alguien puede atornillar quizá su cabeza detrás encendido antes de
usted para soltarla y usted hermano se da un blowjob con él.

Su Amigo Josh

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Just thank god ECUs are nothing like gaming consoles.
I mod chipped a PS2 a few days ago, I took some pictures.
As a size reference I used 24AWG wire. Those are 22 wires.
http://www.foo.is/gallery/ps2mod

Baldur

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You're just a soldering newbie.

Stan

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Me? I've been soldering for more than 10 years.