Rerouter wrote:And for the love of... buy one of these already rather than risking tearing an eeprom in half,
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/858D-Desolde ... 1609993734 , combine it with some pen flux and leave it set to 300 degrees,
If you must use an iron, then add excessive solder and lay the iron along the troubled side, its most likely the ground plane causing an issue on a ford, so you will need to get a ridiculous amount of heat into that piece of copper,
Got one of those soldering rework stations myself , it arrived today, Knock of off the atten 858d. kind of wish i had looked more at the available ones.
2 things i hate about it.
1) Power lead is hard wired to the Unit, i prefer them to be through a IEC socket.
2) Hand piece is hard wired to the unit, again i prefer these removable for storage and bench space reasons
Both of these issues can be solved, have some salvaged IEC sockets, the issue with the hand piece can likely be solved, i have some panel mount connectors things for that too.
Not in a hurry to change these problems but I'm sure they will be "fixed" in the long run
Other than that i think I'm happy, seems to work right, powers up and blows hot air at the varying speeds like it should.
Now i have finished winging lol, what temp should i have it set at Thinking about 300 with that lead solder they use these days. nozzle size should i be sticking with the smallest one?
i should probably find a board to have some practice on.
Thanks guys
Robert