Practice, practice, practice. I can't preach it enough. I once worked on $70,000 BMW's and didn't know a thing about soldering until called upon. And then I did all types of electrical recalls that'll make your skin crawl just seeing that particular car roll in on the hook.

Books are a great help. Take a course in soldering at night. I found the key to working around electronics is to use a low watt iron, use of a heat sink/anti-static ground and the correct solder. That's it!

Oh, and did I mention practice?

Bill, I can't believe you living over there in tankland by the Museum and you can't find help amoung those 'tank guru's'.


Jeff