Yet another Blitz Supercharger Install

[CrankyOldMan]

CT, do you by chance have any pictures of your soldering process? I'm not 100% sure how to strip the insulation on the OEM harness w/out cutting any of the wires. Small torch?

I soldered the lights on my trailer last weekend and it was a pretty big pain trying to hold both wires steady enough to get the solder to set. In addition, I ended up cutting the wire that was being spliced in to so that I could get the heat shrink over just those two wires. There were a few stray strands that got nicked by the wire stripper, but I'm not as concerned with trailer lights as I am with the ignition wiring.

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by CrankyOldMan

CT, do you by chance have any pictures of your soldering process? I'm not 100% sure how to strip the insulation on the OEM harness w/out cutting any of the wires. Small torch?

I soldered the lights on my trailer last weekend and it was a pretty big pain trying to hold both wires steady enough to get the solder to set. In addition, I ended up cutting the wire that was being spliced in to so that I could get the heat shrink over just those two wires. There were a few stray strands that got nicked by the wire stripper, but I'm not as concerned with trailer lights as I am with the ignition wiring.

I didn't take pictures of that process, but I typically do inline soldering by either of two methods:


Stripping the wire:

1. Strip and smush - Take the wire to connect to, cut through the jacket with a wire stripper (one that has separate holes for each wire size, to prevent cutting the strands). Once you are through the jacket, push the stripper along the wire towards the longer side of the wire (i.e. away from the nearest connector). You can typically get 1/2" to 1" of access to the bare wire by doing this.

2. Carve the insulation - Using a hobby knife (or the stripper above and hobby knife), ring the insulate at two points about 1/2" apart, and then slit between the two rings to remove the section of insulation.


Soldering:

Wrap your wire to attach around the exposed wire, heat the two wires with a soldering iron, and wick the solder into both. Then, a wrap of electrical tape or a shrinkable tape seals the deal.