Cobra 89xlr

[Robb]

What are you using? A blow torch?!? lol
Dark spots don't hurt anything; but I hope you are doing better than that by now.

 

[Ben Hebert]

No a 25w soldering iron and solder won't stick at all

 

[Ben Hebert]

It was going good but the last one I was started to change started to do funny

 

[LeapFrog]

No a 25w soldering iron and solder won't stick at all

Make sure the tip is clear of crud, I sometimes use a wet sponge and twist the solder iron tip into it, & wipe away the crud.
Use a rosin core (flux containing) solder, I recommend a 60/40 lead tin mix.

 

[Ben Hebert]

Oh ok will do

 

[Robb]

 

[LeapFrog]

Keeping the tip tinned after each use is a thing you can do to keep your tips in good shape. Basically, once you're done with your soldering for the day cover the tip with solder and unplug the iron without wiping it clean. This help keeps the tip from oxidizing.

• Clean the tip in-between joints, I'll load the tip up with fresh solder and fling it into an old coffee tin to remove the excess
  & then i'll add fresh solder to the joint i'm working on to get the old stuff to flow again, and the new joint to form in a nice chrome appearance, remember you don't want "cold solder joints".
• This post is plagiarized from various sources on the net, I google searched for a lot of answers.
• Secondly don't put pressure on the tip when soldering. Cleaning the tip with those brass metal sponge things (not an s.o.s. pad or steel wool) works great and they are a nice alternative to hot/cold shocking the iron's tip with a sponge all the time to keep it clean.
  You can twist the tip and drag it out of the "metal sponge".
  
  Avoid pressing too hard (or for too long) on the circuit board or you'll damage a "circuit trace" (just a thin layer of metal 'glued' to a 'fiberglass board').

 

[Ben Hebert]

I did tin the tip after soldering joints but tip still wore down so much not much point left

 

[Ben Hebert]

The seller suppose to send the right caps I'm missing. I had the radio on works like normal when I key the mic I hear it through another radio but no actual sound yet does this sound normal?

 

[Ben Hebert]

I was given another cobra 89xlr its way better condition. The mod meter works not transmit all but a couple caps been replaced which parts gets it to transmit