[DML] Re: Tail-light circuit boards - thanks for the responses

["lakelanier20" <derek4567@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for all the responses.  I tried the soldering thing, as I have 
soldered many things before (mostly wires).  But I did find that it 
was very difficult to get the solder to stick to the surface of the 
board.  I'm no soldering expert, and had not heard the term "flux" 
related to soldering before yesterday, so I'm sure as John Hervey and 
others say, there is a way to do it properly, but I had no luck with 
what I was doing.  As soon as the ironing tip melted the end of my 
roll of solder, a brown-ish clear-ish liquid formed on the surface of 
the board.  It was very difficult to get the solder to stick to it, 
and even if it did, I doubted the connection was very good with the 
dried layer of brown-clear liquid between the solder and the board 
surface.  In the end, I did the Radio Shack screw and nut method.  
(my local RS still had them).  I tightened them down as hard as I 
could, and even put a small dot of 2 part epoxy on the back of the 
nut to keep it from loosening in the future.  My friend and I checked 
the lights a few times today, no un-lit bulbs so far.

-Derek L
VIN 5302

P.S.  When I hear the term "flux," first thing I think of is the Flux 
Capacitor.  Hahaha.




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