Hi Tom, I'm getting caught up on emails & such and saw your poll. This may be "OBE" (overcome by events!) but hey...While I do like "A", my favorite is "B" for the simple reason that it looks a bit smaller. However, I'd suggest moving the word "Carpokes!" a bit to the left so that the "!" is inside ...

Well, the combination of acetone and using a dremel tool metal brush did the job of cleaning the wires enough for the solder to stick! Now to work both door wiring harnesses to make sure all connections are good. Thanks for all the help/input!

Also make sure to have good solid contact with the wires. If you try to solder with a wire hanging in mid-air, it's hard to transfer a lot of heat from the iron to the wire. I have a little block of wood I use in those situations so you can press the iron against the wire with decent force...


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Also be sure to tin the soldering iron and try to get the solder melting on the iron first if needed. Much easier to get the heat into the wires with molten solder, I assume because the heat flows in and around the strands, whereas the iron just touches whatever it touches...


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Flux will help but for those kinds of repairs I like these guys: https://www.amazon.com/Connectors-Kit-Waterproof-Electrical-Automotive/dp/B0CR881Z9L?th=1

There's all kinds of options, those are just an example of what I'm talking about.

Good luck


Yeah, I tried using flux but still didn't ...

Acetone and scotch bright on the bare wires. Then you should be good to go with just flux core.
Then heat shrink. I recommend the style with glue inside. Good as new 8-)

Thanks for the input. I tried alcohol but it didn't help. Acetone sound like a better alternative that I'll try in the next ...

Hi all, apologies if this as been asked/answered before but I'm trying to solder some broken wires in the door harness. However, for some reason, my solder isn't adhering to the original wire. It's an '86 951 so I'm wondering if there's either some sort of coating on the wire or just age/oxidation ...

Oops, got my belt names mixed up. I guess the 3D tool is for the timing belt. So now wondering whether there's a similar tool for tightening the Balance Shaft Belt. Thanks.

Old vs. New Water Pumps for '86 951.JPG As promised, albeit a bit longer in time than I planned, here's pix of the old & new water pumps. Notice the larger roller and the guard rail on the new one! I also included a pix of my home made balance sprocket removal tool which consists of a hunk of steel ...

Sooo, finally got parts/tools needed and started working on replacing the water pump. First thing was to find TDC and after quite a while and a few videos, managed to find the little window at top of bell housing at rear of engine to see the TDC mark. After that, things moved along quickly ...