On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 09:56:58 -0800, Jay wrote:

Ron Wanttaja wrote in message
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2. The Microair uses a DB-25 connector. I haven't soldered onto a
connector like this for about eighteen years. I'm presuming the best
approach would be to tin the wires, slide them into their locations, and
solder them in place? Should I be using shrink tubing on each
connection, too? (the connector itself has a strain relief).

The best way to do these is use the good quality crimping machined pins
(not stamped) that insert into the connector one at a time. The crimp
tool is not cheap but maybe your EAA chapter has one in its tool crib you
can use.


It's not cheap ($44), but I really like the pin crimping tool that B&C
Specialties sells. Bob Nuckolls recommends this tool. B&C sells good
quality machined pins too. I much prefer machined pins over soldering, as
I am much better at squeezing a set of handles than I am at trying to
solder small things.

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