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frankr
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    If you have no experience with soldering, this is no place to learn. The best advice I can give you is find some help from somebody experienced in electronics work. OK, I’ve said it. Now for the procedure if you want to go for it. The first step is to remove the old wires. That is the easy part. Simply apply heat enough to melt the solder and wires loose from the coils. Get it hot enough, to melt it, then get away from it. Now the fun part. Strip and tin the ends of the new wires for attachment to the coils. Install the wires, and use your imagination to hold the tinned wires against the coil tabs. Now is where the experience comes in. Hold your hot soldering tool against the wire and coil tab and touch the solder to the juncture and hold it long enough for the solder to melt, and FLOW. Then get the heck away from it and DO NOT DISTURB until the solder has solidified. Disturbing before it hardens will destroy your work. Likewise, taking too long runs the risk of melting the coil. Not giving it enough time to flow results in what is called a cold solder joint (NG) BTW, use only rosin core solder. No other flux is needed. Do not, under any circumstances use acid core solder or paste.

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