well, without Icemark here, yes i can clarify to you that the red bulb and white tip is the solder sucker. i just bought it yesterday with the speculation of it working so well too... but i got it to suck most the solder out.

well.. just have the solder gun or solder tip on the solder, melt the solder and angle it down a to about 30-45 degree angle from the pin. depress the bulb and try your best to place its tip right over the pin so it can suck out the solder that's in the pin hole too. works only so much, had to reapply solder on the pins just to melt what is left and tried sucking it again to get rid of more... just do your best not to force out the old relay.

 

that would be greatley appreciated sir!!

 

hey icemark.. does switching out the relay actually work itself or do you need to jump a few things?

like i posted before, i have finished putting in the new relay.. is there something else i should do?

 

Normally all you have to do is replace the relay. However, if you accidentally removed the traces while getting the old relay off, you will have to jumper broken connections.

 

oh okay.. well, just hoping to get back to my car and try it out, this time i know i did it right.. i left my 88 at a friends house thinkin he could help me fix it but i figured i might as well do it rather than to leave it to him. i know so much and there are things that i know so little of... well... thanks Jpk3200

 

Note that I am assuming that the board is already error-free aside from the relay. I've only redone 2 boards, and both times only had to replace the relay with great results. However, if your board is mucked up like 88rxn/a's board, you are in for fun times.

 

I would agree with the solder wick/desoldering braid works very well. It is helpful to have some resin/flux on the braid to suck up the solder. I have found that using the braid decreases damage by soaking up heat & solder & not the circuit board traces.

I had Icemark repair mine after I murdered the circuit board many years ago. I would recommend the "have someone qualified do it" approach rather than on the job training for circuit board repair - Although it is "possible" to do it yourself, the result is that you got what you paid for - nothing!!

Ramses666

 

hey icemark.. i'm given up.. i need your help fixing it. i redid everything and now i dont know what i done wrong.. can i just send it to you? and i'll pay for shipping both ways. how much for the service? well.. get back to me asap

 

Here is where the leads should be jumpered if you screwed up the relay removal:


But you shouldn't need to jumper anything if you removed the relay correctly.

 

so... just use some wires and solder them to the points you selected then? i'll try.. but not now, i'm at work.. wait.. which picture? its an 89 switch...

 

whats the difference between the 2 posted? i see 1 is colored coated with different jumpers. and the other is all red.
thanks again for the help!!!

 

hey icemark... so which picture do we follow? the colorful one? or the red one? i need to know fast.. i dont think i'll last in a cats and dog rain.

 

how come teh wiper works without the relay? and i still need help on jumpering the board..

 

couple qestions Icemark, I'm always trying to learn from more experienced people so i'm curious as to how you figured out which spots u needed to jump? I might also give this a try too so if it doesn't work can i still send it to u?