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-*** 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!

 

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

 

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.

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

 

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

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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?

 

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

 

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.