[DeLorean00]

So I am having some issues getting this base back on. I bent all the leads into roughly the correct shape but it is really hard to get them to fit into the base because the sides come down and make it basically a blind job. After tons of attempts, I seem to always get one wire not seated, then I finally got all 5 in I think but I really wasn't able to verify. The wires did not come exactly flush to the edge of the pins on 3 of them. I tried flooding all with solder but I still had a bad connection with one pin because emission was zero unless I slightly touched the base. So I ended up pulling the base off again starting over.

So what I have tried is soldering on some solid core wire the same gauge to extend the wires out enough to get more working room. However, the problem I am having with that is when I try to get the soldered joint inside the pin it won't fit, even though they are butt to butt and soldered with the only the smallest amount of solder possible.

I have considered removing the extending wires, then cutting part of one side of the tube base cap off so I can use it to align and adjust the pins. Given this will make it weaker when its glued in place, but I am running out of ideas on how I should make this work.

The final thing I have heard Bob Andersen talk about is a pin crimper, that might help me on the leads that are a little short. Has anyone used one of those before? I have a ratching crimping tool with adjustable heads I use for Molex connectors that might work.

Chris