---------------------------------------------------------- AeroElectric-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Tue 02/27/18: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 05:24 AM - Re: Is this repairable? (Harley Dixon) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:24:18 AM PST US Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: Is this repairable? From: Harley Dixon >>now watch me eat my words as somebody posts an alternate means of pin removal<< Yeah...start munching! I made one years ago when I was working for a living using a very thin brass tube the right diameter and soldering a T handle to it. Still have it somewhere around here, and use it when needed. Harley ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2/26/2018 7:57 PM, Henry Hallam wrote: > FWIW Art, you absolutely must have the right pin extractor tool to get > those D-sub pins out. Available from our friends at B&C (link below) > as well as Digikey, or Fry's. It is simply not possible to make do > without this tool. (now watch me eat my words as somebody posts an > alternate means of pin removal) > > https://www.bandc.aero/insertionextractiontoold-subpins.aspx > > -Henry > > On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 5:55 PM, Art Zemon > wrote: > > Thanks everybody. Tomorrow morning, I will see if I can extract > the pin and add a piece of heat shrink. If not, I'll try a dab of > E6000. > > Cheers, > -- Art Z. > > > On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 7:42 PM, C&K > wrote: > > > > > I find that E6000/shoe goo works as good or better than most > sealants and is less invasive as long as significant corrosion > hasn't started. > Ken > > On 25/02/2018 6:04 PM, Charles Birdsall wrote: > > Art, > > What Charlie suggests is entirely adequate and as long as > the wire strands themselves weren't damaged (the photo > seems to indicate they aren't) then heat shrink will > probably last longer than the radio. > > Having said that, I'm a perfectionist and on a new > installation I'd replace the whole wire. If the whole run > is a nightmare to replace, I'd splice in a new wire part > way down the bundle - making the new wire long enough to > get the butt splice into an area where both sides of the > splice can be supported without putting undue strain on > the wire/splice. > > If for some reason the pin can't be removed, an > alternative would be to cut the wire at some handy point > down the wire bundle and sliding the heat shrink back up > the wire to the damaged point. Then butt-splice the wire > back together. Choose the splice point somewhere along the > bundle where both sides of the splice can be supported to > minimize stress on the splice. > > Chuck > > On February 25, 2018 at 4:10 PM Art Zemon > > wrote: > > Hmmm. Trying again with the photo... > > -- Art Z. > > Sent from my phone. Please excuse brevity and bizarre > typos. > > On Feb 25, 2018 4:48 PM, "Art Zemon" < art@zemon.name > >> wrote: > > Ouch. I'm tying up the wires behind my panel and > found this one > with damaged insulation. It is the mic key wire on > a com radio. > > Is there a way to repair it? > > -- Art Z. > > Sent from my phone. Please excuse brevity and > bizarre typos. > > > ========== > - > Electric-List" rel="noreferrer" > target="_blank">http://www.matronics.com/Navig > ator?AeroElectric-List > ========== > FORUMS - > eferrer" target="_blank">http://forums.matronics.com > > ========== > WIKI - > errer" target="_blank">http://wiki.matronics.com > > ========== > b Site - > -Matt Dralle, List Admin. > rel="noreferrer" > target="_blank">http://www.matronics.com/contr > ibution > ========== > > > -- > https://CheerfulCurmudgeon.com/ > > /"If I am not for myself, who is for me? And if I am only for > myself, what am I? And if not now, when?" 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