Cable "connectors"

[Kebin]

Kebin - $2.95, $3.45, $3.95 and $4.45 for 2, 3, 4 and 6 way connector sets respectively.
Thats male and female housings and all crimp pins.
... yes i priced them lower than supercheap.

Thats not that cheap but cheaper than supercheap thou

A Connector Housing Assortment pack part# 56250 costs about $65 trade which is dirt cheap if you use them alot i.e. rewiring cars and the like. But for most of us the jaycar parts are cheap as chips for the few harness mods involved in toyotas

[horse]

electric irons are good, if you get a good enough one.
I use the 40W Orange jaycar iron.... it's lasted me the past 6 years also. TS1475
http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView...Max=&SUBCATID=

i dare say this one is much better than those goot ones you guys sell. mine just never seems to heat up when i want it to. back to orange one for me.

and i'll back up your glue impregnated heatshrink. does the job nicely great in areas that may get wet too. just remember to heat the tubing from the middle outwards so you effectively push the air (what little there is) outwards.

[rob]

Also... i SERIOUSLY recommend these wire strippers. They are awesome, i have used nothing but these for the last 6 years.
They are the absolute best for stripping a wire mid length for doing a splice connection, and always do a clean strip, no need to ajust them, EVER.

i have a set of these its with out a doubt the best tool i have purchased

[JustCallMeOrlando]

i dare say this one is much better than those goot ones you guys sell. mine just never seems to heat up when i want it to. back to orange one for me.

Which Goot one do you mean? I have one of the 60W Goot soldering stations and it works awesome. I've soldered some super thick wires with it no worries!

[JustCallMeOrlando]

Also, correct soldering is a MUST.
Heat the wire, then touch the solder to the WIRES, not the soldering iron, so that the solder is "sucked" into the cables. This ensures a good solder joint.

Bingo, and a dab of solder melted on the iron before you do this will do wonders in helping heat transfer to the wire.

[takai]

I love my Goot.

[horse]

This one

46w Soldering iron

maybe i have a dud one...would explain things.

it heats up at the start for a few min then thats it.

[JustCallMeOrlando]

Ahh, okay, this is mine: http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView...Max=&SUBCATID=

[The Witzl]

I love my Goot.

Quoted for truth.
The TS1440 is probably the best value soldering station you can buy. Sure its a little more expensive.... but it is worth every last little cent.

Rob said tool.

[o_man_ra23]

Rob, best tool I have purchased is without a doubt my Transmig 165... best electrical tool I have bought is my multimeter, but its in the shop with a case of water ingestion

[gianttomato]

Kebin - $2.95, $3.45, $3.95 and $4.45 for 2, 3, 4 and 6 way connector sets respectively.
Thats male and female housings and all crimp pins.

Meh...even cheaper is going to Pick-a-Part, finding all the ones you need for your job, cutting them out of the most fucked Commodore there, pick out all the spade and use new spades from Narva (males and females can be bought in bags of 100 for bugger all!

Try finding a brand new 12 way connector - but the oldies are all hiding in Telstar engine bays.

[gearb0x]

Try finding a brand new 12 way connector - but the oldies are all hiding in Telstar engine bays.

Yeah if you dont want new stuff there is a gold mine at pickapart style wreckers, i got a 16 connector weather proof plug for my loom from an EF + the 42 conductor one i mentioned earlier

I was planning on doing a brand new loom but once you look at the price of everything i think ill stick to second hand crap

[gianttomato]

Goodo! I'm not the only cheapskate here!

[takai]

Quoted for truth.
The TS1440 is probably the best value soldering station you can buy. Sure its a little more expensive.... but it is worth every last little cent.

Rob said tool.

Even cheaper on SP

[Kebin]

Meh...even cheaper is going to Pick-a-Part, finding all the ones you need for your job, cutting them out of the most fucked Commodore there, pick out all the spade and use new spades from Narva (males and females can be bought in bags of 100 for bugger all!

You are sooo right! so much cheaper VS commodores are also a great source for bosch relays+bases