Soldering tools for chipping
 

What is the most efficent soldering gun/tools for chipping ecu's. Willing to spend a little extra cash so i don't kill the ecu. thanks

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go to radioshack get the lowest watt setting soldering iron u can, i believe it is 15watts. then get the smallest highest grade solder, which is smaller than the width of the lead in a .05 mechanical pencil. i tryed with a higher watt iron and larger solder and i fucked up a circuit board. so this is the only way i reconmend

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---- radio shack tools. I bought a xytronic 988 temp control soldering / desoldering station from Howard Electronics and it rocks. It was ~$300 refurbished, but by far the best value for money in a tool I've purchased in a long time. Done literally a hundred+ ECUs since w/ no problems.

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if the guy is doing 1 ecu why would he spend 300 on a soldering tool when he can spend 20 and get the same results? i can understand if he's doing a large quanity but if not why waste money. someone inexperienced at soldering probably will ---- up anyway....lol ;D ;D ;D

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Well my price range is around 100. I'm a little sketchy about radio shack

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have u done soldering before, on electronics?

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Nope it's a first

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I ahve done soldering before but not on an ecu board

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yeah u might wanna try on someting else, maybe a bad ecu, unless ur sure of urself. ive solder many a wire but when i tryed electronics i was in for a surprise. iam better now with practice. ;D

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I have 3 hf ecu's so i was planning on messing with those. So you think I'll be alright with the radio shack one. What kind of pump do you recommend for picking up the solder.

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i havent had to desolder something before, i used a 15 watt pencil soldering iron and 0.015" Silver-Bearing Solder(#64-035). go to the shack and check out what they have iam sure there is some geek there that can answer questions about desoldering...lol....goodluck ;D

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TV repair shop should be able to hook you up...

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For soldering I use the 15 watt grounded radio shack iron and their thinnest solder. The radio shack desoldering iron is not so great, seemed like I was gonna burn a trace up before I could get all the solder out. I prefer soldering wick and a 40 watt iron, the 15 seems to have trouble heating up the wick, with the 40 I can get in and out quick and it seems a lot safer. I reccomend practicing desoldering on something you can afford to ruin first.