Re: Rewire Ford Focus

Conor wrote:

In article <87vec4kdhd.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Timo
Geusch says...
Chris Bartram <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
[snip]
However, any loom can be repaired. It would however require a
skilled >> person to do the job correctly. Most mechanics and so
called auto >> electricians bodge such things. The standard red
blue and yellow >> electrical crimp terminals most use are really
not up to the job and >> proper car connectors should be used
instead. This is a source of such >> connectors and the correct
wire if needed.


http://www.vehicle-wiring-products.eu/VWP-onlinestore/home/homepage.
php


My choice is to solder and heatshrink on the few wiring repairs
I've had to do. Properly done it's better than any crimp, and
neater.

It's also a hell of a lot more prone to break due to vibration.

Solder and heatshrink? You think?

No.

I *know*.

It's a reoccuring problem that I have to track down on some bikes I
own/owned (the vibration on bikes is usually worse than on cars but the
same thing applies to cars) - some alarm fitter solders a connection,
covers it in heatshrink.

Five years down the line, you've got an intermittent fault that you
finally track down to the broken connection inside the heatshrink tube,
because the stiff connection has broken. If you solder it properly it's
less prone to breakage but overall the issue is that you've got
something flexible (two cables) joined together by something inflexible
(the soldered joint) without any other form of mechanical protection.

Mind you, my favourites are those people who tin the end of a cable and
then crimp on a connector...

--
'89 Mazda RX-7 Convertible
'92 Mazda RX-7
.

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