soldering 4 ga copper wire?

[juliemac57 at hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

Radio Shack sells a 2 temp heavy duty soldering gun. Works well on heavy 
wire.
Hold the tip of the ring with vice grips (Man, they will get hot..)
Apply a bit of solder to the dry tip and allow the ring metal to heat. Apply 
the solder to the ring and the wire. The melted solder will help heat the 
wire and applying the solder to both will help the solder flow nicely.



Julie Macfarlane
1981 MKI 2L 16v
Amsterdam NY





>From: "T. Reed" <treed2@wsu.edu>
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: soldering 4 ga copper wire?
>Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 01:19:54 -0800 (PST)
>
>So I'm redoing my grounds.. and this time I'm determined to solder instead
>of crimp. Particularly after the no-starting fiasco I went through in
>weeks past.
>
>Any tips on how to go about this? Obviously my little 25w iron isn't going
>to cut it. I'm afraid a propane torch will just burn off the insulation..
>
>-Toby
>
>Also I'm looking for a good ground point. My lower starter bolt has proven
>to be a crappy one at best. I'd like to nab one of those A2
>engine-to-tranny bolts that has the small stud protruding from the
>bolt head designed specifically for this purpose, but the junkyards
>around here are worth their weight in honduhs so I haven't had luck
>finding one.
>
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