"joeengineer" wrote in message
news:NAo9d.4480$_g6.1901@okepread03...
| I've repaired a similar problem on other electronics. I picked up some
| standard ribbon cable at the local electronics store. The stuff that
looks
| like a bunch of regular insulated wires all stuck together in a row. I
| didn't actually use the ribbon, but stripped off individual wires. The
only
| reason for not using regular wire was that I couldn't find any in the
really
| small gage like the ribbon cable has.
|
| I tracked the attach points of the broken connections and sometimes found
it
| easier to attach the new wires to locations further away from the cable
| attach point and routing the wires around things. In order to solder the
| very fine points I took a short piece of 12 gage solid copper wire from
| standard house wiring and clipped the end at an angle. I tied the copper
| wire to the soldering iron with some more copper wire to create a very
fine
| point soldering iron.

Heathkit had a trick of wrapping a piece of copper wire around an iron tip
to make a very small iron. You could also drill a hole in a standard tip and
drive a piece of wire into it.

NM