When using a torch, wrap wet cloth around the insulation to minimize melting. Karl Wolz |-----Original Message----- |From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of |neil n |Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 9:00 AM |To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM |Subject: Re: How to deal with short ALT cable | |This is for the large wire? Disconnect battery, solder on a piece of |wire, shrink wrap, tape it well, crimp on a new connector. I would |splice the wire together by pushing the strands into each other, twist |tight, solder etc. | |Murphy's Law always kicked in when I did soldering on my wiring |harness for my engine swap. As soon as I fired up the gun, the wind |would kick up. Even so, usually the soldering gun provided enough |heat, but for larger wires, I used a propane torch with the |"soldering" tip. But this was tricky. LOT'S of heat then! Wire |casings can melt fast! | |Neil. | | | |On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 7:39 AM, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote: |> The terminal end (loop type)of my alternator cable broke and I find |> that after removing the broken end, the cable is to short to reach the |> alternator connection post or bolt. Apparently at some time n the past, |> this fix had been done before by the PO, taking off a bit of cable in |> the process. Now with another fix necessary, the cable is just a |> fraction short - but for the life of me, I can't get any more slack out |> of the cable to make new fittings work. It's never a good idea to have a |> power cable of any sort stretched to the max - they need some slack to |> accommodate vibration. Short of having to R&R that heavy wire - anyone |> have any suggestions as to how to deal with this.? |> |> Thanks, |> |> John |> |> -- |> John Rodgers |> Clayartist and Moldmaker |> 88'GL VW Bus Driver |> Chelsea, AL |> Http://www.moldhaus.com |> | | | |-- |Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" | |http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ | |http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas- |engines |
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