I have an old Weller in the metal box. It still works. I should do a little maintenance before I use it again. Thanks for the tip. Great show thank you. Ford is bringing back the Grand Torino it looks pretty good
I have learned a lot from watching you take apart and fix broken items. Its a shame most people just toss everything these days and most stuff can be fixed with a little knowledge and patience.
"SADA" luv it. My favorite car is the 59 Chevy Bel Air with "Cats eye" tail lights, I would buy one in a New York minute. Now I know wats in my old Weller. Thanks
I've fallen for those car video's as well. My grandchildren tell me they are called "Click Bait". Great tutorials on that old switch and soldering gun. Your tutorials are nothing but excellent. I do learn so much from watching. "Smokes going up my nose like is 'sposed ta". 😆 I do believe there are a couple private car builders who are reproducing older trucks. Some have modern drive trains and safety systems. I think one of those companies does first generation Bronco's. As you might think, they are quite expensive. Excellent show! Have a great weekend!
You gotta wonder who the type of person is to make fake videos like that? There are plenty of other ways to get views without having to lie and deceive folks.
Nice show S.C. .. I opened up my box the other day and that lovely scent of those screwdriver handles.. I thought about those towels that you've been using and I definitely need some to clean up my other tools... I was wondering where you got those and the price... Thx for repairing that soldering gun... I love that model... Well S.C. have a good weekend I'll see you Monday...
You always make such cool and funny videos! You had me going with the new Chevy 2025-that car looked amazing-what kind of maniac wouldn’t want one of those!? Alas, we know better.
I just got a leather sheath on Etsy for my Stanley didn’t know until I got it yesterday that they gave me another Stanley 199 so now I own 2 Stanley 199 my favorite utility knife
The repairs were great to watch and learn from. This is very good information. As far as the cars are concerned it would be great to see them painted in the two tone colors of the 1950's and 60's to break up the monotony of the designs. Thanks for sharing this and I am looking forward to the next tutorial.
Awesome! I just got a solder gun cheap so I can wire up some buzz coils for the hit & miss engines I just got. Keep these videos coming! I really enjoy them!
The tri-fives were the coolest Chevys and like you, if they were to remake those I'd be on the waiting list to get one! Great show and love the fix-it Friday theme!
The old Weller soldering guns had a bakelite housing and broke very easy if dropped. Our local electronics store sold replacement housings. You could buy a whole housing or half of one. I bought my first Weller new in 1976 at K-Mart in California. I use to work rewiring old cars and trucks alot so I went and bought a second one as a backup. It is still new in the package. Back then they cost $26.00 plus tax. I have since bought several more used ones.
I love the old soldering guns, the hum & vibration of the transformer instantly takes me back to being a kid. I have a Weller kit from the 80s that was my Brother's and an older Wen that was my Dad's, he gave it to me when I was a kid and he got a new kit. That Wen might go back to the 50s when he was a kid still living on the farm.
I have my Dad's Weller solder gun that looks just like this one. It even comes with a medal case. Today you are happy just to get a plastic (breakable) case.
The new / old Chevy also had me excited! The switch clean up also great! I have used a big old soldering many times. I have the one purchased in my youth and a couple picked up cheap at garage sales. To date all work and only cleared tip connect. It was educational (fantastic) to see inside and how they work! Once again great show!
You went past the call of duty on the antique switch. You are right they built it to last a lifetime or two. With the soldering gun what you did is what I do. It is usually something very simple. Most would throw it away. Now the old Chevy, if you want a dependable car you rebuild one with newer parts. My cars in the past were very desirable and dependable. My last one was a 1974 Chevy short bed that I drove to 525 thousand miles. When I sold it ( my wife made me) I got half of my money back. The good old days.
Jess- There’s a company who only refurbishes old Bronco’s with state of the art new equipment. The trucks run about 80k I believe. Really nice though. 😃👍
The current Ford Bronco was supposedly designed to echo the lines of the original. What I like about it is that it’s one of the few US made vehicles available with a manual transmission.
Good fix on the ray run soldering iron. A lot of those have two settings. When you pull the switch in it's two positions. Full blast is a half pull as I can recall. But that looks like a single power one.
@@ScoutCrafter the one's I've run into are backwards to how you'd think it'd be. The partial pull was full power and the full pull was partial power. But I guess it kinda makes sense using it. Once it's heated up you can pull it all the way in and not worry about changing power.
My father gave me the same model Weller soldering gun probably 50 years ago. I still have that and it works great. I also have a later model D550 that I currently use whenever I need to solder some wires. It shows to be 240/325 watt. It makes quick work of it.
TGIF. Check out the new bronco heritage models... I break my neck everytime I see on thinking it's an older model... that said.. I love my 23 wildtrak... the old ones wish they were the newer models with all their capabilities 😂😂 good week! Appreciate ya!
The International Scout has been reborn and is scheduled to be on the streets in 2026, l’m a Ford guy but I think it’s a great rendition of an old classic
Great video...i read some comments and as you can see most people like your showing and teaching myself included especially when you show what your using to get your results...🖖
I miss vehicles. I mean real vehicles. The kinds that had a "face" if you know what I mean. They were identifiable. I could tell what was coming around the corner from the sound. I knew we were in trouble as a society when they moved the headlight dimmer switch from the floorboard. I miss that sound too. 😁😁😁 excellent show. Have a great day. 👍
I miss when the community I live in was mostly a sea of lily white faces. Now the entire punchbowl is full of turds. Somebody put me back in the fridge.
That CH (Cutler Hammer) switch is really neat--lots of engineering and quality in those old things. That red stuff on the screws is glyptol (glyptal). Been used for years and still available from you-know-where.
Hello John, great video as always. My gut instinct is that the insulating material they put on the switch connections is some sort of pitch-based substance. It reminds me of the stuff used in pitch bowls. I share a similar disinterest in modern cars. I only wish I was around to see the old ones you so fondly remember.
Bloody hell! At 49 seconds into the video I was saying "I wonder if I can import one into Australia?" . I was wondering if I could get one to match the colour of my daily ride, a Royal Enfield 350 Classic. Then like you my dreams were cruely dashed. I will have to keep my Jeep XJ. I can't stomach buying a modern car.
Oh yeah nice bit of lead vapour nothing like it ha ha great video You had me there for a second with the car man how sweet would That be great show John have a great weekend god bless take care 🇺🇸🇳🇿🪖🇮🇱🗽🦅🦔🌟🐝🐬🙏🐕45-47 DJT
You had me going, John! All I kept thinking is that maybe GM finally fixed the blinker fluid leaks all the old Bel Airs had. Got my hopes up. That’s the great thing about the new cars…they never run low on blinker fluid!
@@ScoutCrafter Well, I didn't even notice it until you brought it up in the video. You have a great sense of humor. One of the many things that make your videos so enjoyable. Have a nice weekend.
Hi John. I'm with you with respect to old cars. New ones are 😢. I have that same soldering iron. Don't heat very hot either. I'm going to check it like you did. Thanks for that video. Is your up north property safe from those fires?hope they are. Have a great weekend. 👍👍❤🙏🤠...
How the hell would you ever afford it. you know damn well if they came out with something like that it's going to be $100,000 Eagle UP of Michigan we've been waiting all day for your video and it comes out and I missed it there is a 100 and some thumbs up been watching for since 11:30 this morning how did I miss it by that many thumbs up oh well I got to go back and watch it
At the beginning of your video, I thought you may have triggered a few viewers again.😬 I'm glad that didn't happen. I've got to try that on a few of my Weller "sader" guns. Over the years, they lost their heating abilities. Nice video 😀👍🏻🇺🇲
For whatever reason today automobiles have no soul, the car an average person can afford to buy, insure, and drive is virtually lifeless. No spark, pitiless acceleration, and an instrument panel undecipherable. I drove rental cars for work the last five years before retiring, at least 60 different makes and models. Memorable are a twin turbo 2.0 litre BMW that was absolutely a rocket and a couple of Dodge Chargers that were simply marvelous! Great info for the Weller, I’ve got several that were freebies and I’ll be checking them out thanks to your tips. Flag videos always super….
Mitch- This Weller gun is for heavy work and not suitable for circuit board work- Almost everyone who does that kind of work today uses a variable soldering station like the Weller www.amazon.com/Weller-Digital-Soldering-Station-Precision/dp/B09XZBWJ5H/ref=mp_s_a_1_16_sspa?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.5yt3C0WfzElhzBIfDVpauaxjx3KAqCcV9BakUj8QC5gortMcmMklnjt3bngAIONCYIiaSySfkJku2hp0v5xyTP7aiyDtp36-4XUwMHX-RrQU-oiHwTkOMSZCKj4zreXTYECOXKvaNUs6SCecvPWR7o651ZhoXvXbg09_wniMO583tkyIwrFpFyrgcItRV9QZngJdlJ1tDXn2FL6niLLJIw.nMDeBMWgJn8GfGsJXS22gAwVt-lcUmNhtREpyVekuZk&dib_tag=se&keywords=soldering+station&qid=1731717664&sr=8-16-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9waG9uZV9zZWFyY2hfYXRmX25leHQ&psc=1#aw-udpv3-customer-reviews_feature_div
Hi Mark- That’s a good question- Years ago switch ratings were very conservative and this switch is a perfect example- The contacts are much more substantial then today’s switches that are rated for 15 amps! That being said this switch would be fine as a light switch because a 100 watt bulb only draws .83 of an amp so even if they had five 100 watt bulbs in a lamp fixture it would only draw 4.17 amps. 😃👍
The new cars don't have a good reputation. Many don't last 60,000 miles anymore and there are a lot of complaints that the manufacturers are not honoring their warauntees. You are better off taking good care of your car and getting 20+ years out of it. BTW cars from the 50s and 60s usually needed a ring job by 80,000 miles. I have a couple of those Wellers. Thanks for showing how to fix. Another nice video. Good Luck, Rick
Thank u for great videoes. I have two question . 1 how to distingush between mirror finish and chrome plating. 2 my old adjustable wrench logo and letters are raised and embossed new one are engraved . Why? Any difference in process of forging and quality.. like Crescent jamestown wrench vs newer cooper or apex crescent which are engraved .. old irega are embossed newer are engraved
If ferrous metal doesn't have some kind of a protective coating on it it'll oxidize pretty rapidly. It'll tarnish and rust. That's why we chrome plate stuff. To protect it. But how shiny chrome looks depends on how buffed out whatever is getting plated got. Really shiny chrome is called triple chrome. That's because there's 3 layers plated. There's copper, nickel and chrome. The copper layer gets buffed to a mirror polish. You can see the copper sometimes on worn chrome. Chrome is durable but it can wear out. Sometimes stuff is just nickel plated. They skip the chrome. They can skip the copper too. I guess they could just copper plate stuff too? The Chinese are doing that to wire now. They're copper plating steel wire. For a while they were copper plating aluminum. People got wise to that though. Plus steel is even cheaper. Copper plated steel wire is attracted to a magnet. But I digress.
Almost all the newer wrenches are chrome plated. Only antique wrenches were plated differently. The raised lettering was a little harder to produce so it was replaced by stamping and now engraving. Cheap wrenches are identified with ink or a label. 🫣😂👍
Yes- Contact cleaner is great when you can’t get access to or tight spaces like inside potentiometers, if the contacts are corroded only a physical wipe will clean them- like Emery cloth on ignition points. 😂👍
Seb- The new Bronco looks awesome from the outside but it’s packed with options that make it almost unaffordable to most. I was a little ticked at Ford after the COVID fiasco when they took orders on their vehicles and when the vehicles finally came in months later they wanted a totally different price because of supply and demand- Thousands over sticker. That really bothered me. 😃👍
I agree about most new cars, all look the same and cost a fortune and won't last 100k miles. I've been into GTOs and muscle cars since I was a kid but one exception is the modern Dodge Challenger that just went out of production. Before Stellantis bought Dodge these cars were designed and built by car people. I bought a used 2012 Challenger SRT, 392 Hemi, 6 speed and my face hurts from smiling when I drive it. Black with silver stripes the car is mean..I like the looks of the new Vette as well but otherwise it's all white and silver jellybeans..great episode you gave that switch some serious love
The Tube Guru and I have asked for years, why not? All we want from a car is for it to get us predictably from point A to point B; no power windows, no automatic, no do-dads of any kind. And, why can't we have that? I know, I know, if we go to Pakistan they'll build an exact copy of a '64 Ford Econoline, while we waited (all from recycled 55 gal. oil drums ). One of my all time favorite vehicles was an '80 Chevy "Farm PickUp". No carpeting, rubber floor mats, six, 3-on-a-tree. It was MINT when I sold it. Figured I'd get anther one sometime. What an idiot I was.
@@ScoutCrafter - John, I drove VW Vanagon vans for a few years. They requiired a lot of attention, especially the 4WD Syncro flavor. The last time I was in touch with that world, some guy in LA (it's always California, isn't it?) was having much success with stuffing Tesla go parts into VW Dokas (crew cab versions of Vanagons). I am too old to see the day when you'll take your favorite car in to have an electric chassis installed, but you're not.
The car had me going for a minute until I saw some of the pics closer and could spot the mistakes AI image generators make 💀💀💀 that’s messed up, these engagement farmers just out working hard on the dead internet 😭 thanks for your videos though, I’ve been watching a lot of your ones of electric motors bc I have one to clean up myself! At least the internet is still good for things like this!
The immediate giveaway on the fake Chevy videos is there's none of the mandated safety equipment (seat belts, airbags, etc). You notice it as soon as you see a shot of the interior.
The funny thing is for the first few minutes I was excited and elated until reality kicked in and I realized I was watching three card Monty all over again. 🫣😂👍
London Bridge is in Arizona today. They put it in the middle of the desert. They did build a body of water for it though. Some developer bought it and shipped it over block by block. It's on the Internet. Go check it out. It's called London Bridge (Lake Havasu City)
@@1pcfred “If you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you” is a phrase people throw around as an artful way of calling someone gullible. It comes from the exploits of an American conman, George C. Parker, who in the early 1900s, made a tidy living ‘selling’ landmarks to New Yorker's.
@@rustyblade5845 sometimes the offer is legit. I think London Bridge sold for one pound? The buyer was responsible for removing it though. I'm sure doing that cost a pretty penny too.
My question to you is, When doesn't 50/50 AKA VICTORY NOT work??? You show me an item that 50/50 doesn't work on, and I will call BS on your abilities!
I got a 50s Weller soldering gun in a Bell garbage bin a couple years ago. It was plopped in top with an old 80s Delco cassette radio. Took em both. Good stuff. The same model number guns but made after the 80s seem like they took a shit in quality I can't quite figure out. The old ones are like bake light and the newer ones are like crappier plastic. Doesn't get as hot as the 50s one. Bought a newer one at a thrift store and a/b'd them. Yeah there is a difference. The new one might be made in china and if that's true, that explains everything.
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I have an old Weller in the metal box. It still works. I should do a little maintenance before I use it again. Thanks for the tip. Great show thank you. Ford is bringing back the Grand Torino it looks pretty good
I have learned a lot from watching you take apart and fix broken items. Its a shame most people just toss everything these days and most stuff can be fixed with a little knowledge and patience.
Sometimes we can get lucky- 😃👍
Smoke goes right up my nose like it's supposed to that's the funny eagle
"SADA" luv it. My favorite car is the 59 Chevy Bel Air with "Cats eye" tail lights, I would buy one in a New York minute. Now I know wats in my old Weller. Thanks
The ‘59 looked like the original Batmobile! 😃👍
I've fallen for those car video's as well. My grandchildren tell me they are called "Click Bait". Great tutorials on that old switch and soldering gun. Your tutorials are nothing but excellent. I do learn so much from watching. "Smokes going up my nose like is 'sposed ta". 😆 I do believe there are a couple private car builders who are reproducing older trucks. Some have modern drive trains and safety systems. I think one of those companies does first generation Bronco's. As you might think, they are quite expensive. Excellent show! Have a great weekend!
You gotta wonder who the type of person is to make fake videos like that? There are plenty of other ways to get views without having to lie and deceive folks.
Who knows maybe some out of touch executive at GM will see that video and the positive responses and propose it to the board! 😃👍
Great Show Bud!! You're right, if you ain't snortin' the fumes you're not doing it right!!☻
Nice fix on the Weller soldering (soder) gun.
Nice show S.C. .. I opened up my box the other day and that lovely scent of those screwdriver handles.. I thought about those towels that you've been using and I definitely need some to clean up my other tools...
I was wondering where you got those and the price...
Thx for repairing that soldering gun... I love that model...
Well S.C. have a good weekend I'll see you Monday...
I bought mine off Amazon- they’re $15. It sounds expensive but after half a dozen uses they really are great. 😃👍
You always make such cool and funny videos! You had me going with the new Chevy 2025-that car looked amazing-what kind of maniac wouldn’t want one of those!? Alas, we know better.
Great show 👍👍👍
That switch will never have to be cleaned again and a very nice job on the sodering 🤣 gun.
Fred- Like you I love things that were built to last…. 😃👍
I just got a leather sheath on Etsy for my Stanley didn’t know until I got it yesterday that they gave me another Stanley 199 so now I own 2 Stanley 199 my favorite utility knife
The fixed bladed utility knives have such a great solid feel. 😃👍
You have the patience of a saint scraping out all that stuff out with those dental picks. 😄
😂😂😂
The repairs were great to watch and learn from. This is very good information. As far as the cars are concerned it would be great to see them painted in the two tone colors of the 1950's and 60's to break up the monotony of the designs. Thanks for sharing this and I am looking forward to the next tutorial.
I always loved Two Tone cars! 😃👍
Awesome! I just got a solder gun cheap so I can wire up some buzz coils for the hit & miss engines I just got.
Keep these videos coming! I really enjoy them!
The tri-fives were the coolest Chevys and like you, if they were to remake those I'd be on the waiting list to get one! Great show and love the fix-it Friday theme!
"Smokes going straight up my nose, the way it's supposed to"
ah, yes... the joys of soldering.
I enjoyed the video. I really liked the retro job on the soldering gun. I never knew how they worked, very interesting.
The old Weller soldering guns had a bakelite housing and broke very easy if dropped. Our local electronics store sold replacement housings. You could buy a whole housing or half of one. I bought my first Weller new in 1976 at K-Mart in California. I use to work rewiring old cars and trucks alot so I went and bought a second one as a backup. It is still new in the package. Back then they cost $26.00 plus tax. I have since bought several more used ones.
They are classics!
Another great video. The soldering iron repair was great. Some of my WEN are 50 years old and have needed only maintenance.
Liked the dissection of the switch, also I really liked watching the soldering iron repair. Thanks
I love the old soldering guns, the hum & vibration of the transformer instantly takes me back to being a kid. I have a Weller kit from the 80s that was my Brother's and an older Wen that was my Dad's, he gave it to me when I was a kid and he got a new kit. That Wen might go back to the 50s when he was a kid still living on the farm.
Very cool video, I enjoyed it much
I have a couple of those same soldering guns and good to know now how they come apart and how to work on them if needed great repair job 👍
Good to be back. Was out of the rotation for a while. All caught up with SC! Never miss. All is RIGHT with the world!
I have my Dad's Weller solder gun that looks just like this one. It even comes with a medal case. Today you are happy just to get a plastic (breakable) case.
I too have my Dad’s Weller “Kit”! Awesome! 😃👍
The new / old Chevy also had me excited!
The switch clean up also great!
I have used a big old soldering many times. I have the one purchased in my youth and a couple picked up cheap at garage sales. To date all work and only cleared tip connect. It was educational (fantastic) to see inside and how they work! Once again great show!
You went past the call of duty on the antique switch. You are right they built it to last a lifetime or two. With the soldering gun what you did is what I do. It is usually something very simple. Most would throw it away. Now the old Chevy, if you want a dependable car you rebuild one with newer parts. My cars in the past were very desirable and dependable. My last one was a 1974 Chevy short bed that I drove to 525 thousand miles. When I sold it ( my wife made me) I got half of my money back. The good old days.
Jess- There’s a company who only refurbishes old Bronco’s with state of the art new equipment. The trucks run about 80k I believe. Really nice though. 😃👍
The current Ford Bronco was supposedly designed to echo the lines of the original. What I like about it is that it’s one of the few US made vehicles available with a manual transmission.
Good fix on the ray run soldering iron. A lot of those have two settings. When you pull the switch in it's two positions. Full blast is a half pull as I can recall. But that looks like a single power one.
Yes- Interestingly you have to look at the power settings on the label- some were high then low and othered were low then high! 😂👍
@@ScoutCrafter the one's I've run into are backwards to how you'd think it'd be. The partial pull was full power and the full pull was partial power. But I guess it kinda makes sense using it. Once it's heated up you can pull it all the way in and not worry about changing power.
The CH on the switch stands for Cutler Hammer. I worked their.
Thankyou! I didn’t even see that! 😃👍
A other great video, thanks
My father gave me the same model Weller soldering gun probably 50 years ago. I still have that and it works great. I also have a later model D550 that I currently use whenever I need to solder some wires. It shows to be 240/325 watt. It makes quick work of it.
Brilliant repairs 👍
Yeah I definitely understand the car look from the past,
TGIF. Check out the new bronco heritage models... I break my neck everytime I see on thinking it's an older model... that said.. I love my 23 wildtrak... the old ones wish they were the newer models with all their capabilities 😂😂 good week! Appreciate ya!
Vic- I know! I just wish they were more affordable! I’ll even go back to roll up windows! 😂👍
The International Scout has been reborn and is scheduled to be on the streets in 2026, l’m a Ford guy but I think it’s a great rendition of an old classic
Frank- it’s an EV so I don’t think it will last.
@ jeez… exclusively an EV, you’re probably right
Hopefully they will produce a IC powered model to complement it
Great info on that soldering gun repair. I have several old soldering guns that don't work well. I'll see if I can get them working. Thanks!
You are the best votech teacher ever.
Great video...i read some comments and as you can see most people like your showing and teaching myself included especially when you show what your using to get your results...🖖
Great job on saving the old soldering iron switch was cool as well
I miss vehicles. I mean real vehicles. The kinds that had a "face" if you know what I mean. They were identifiable. I could tell what was coming around the corner from the sound. I knew we were in trouble as a society when they moved the headlight dimmer switch from the floorboard. I miss that sound too. 😁😁😁 excellent show. Have a great day. 👍
I miss when the community I live in was mostly a sea of lily white faces.
Now the entire punchbowl is full of turds.
Somebody put me back in the fridge.
Awesome Scout! 🇺🇸
Great fixes today!
Thanks John.
My wife has a 55 Belair that looks amazing. We drove off in it on our wedding. I miss my 79 CJ7 Jeep.(before they were owned by Chrysler)
Mitch 55 was always my favorite year because of the narrow grill. 😃👍
I loved the soldering iron repair. John, you'll like this. I went to the Chevy website before you got to the punchline.
Imagine the wait ing list if they did do it! 😂👍
How cool would the 2025 Chevy Bel Air have been if real? I always loved the style of those old cars.
I wanted it to be real that’s why I was duped! 🫣😂👍
Chevrolet and reliable are not two words I would put together.
I had 6 Chevys- Every one of them let me down. 😂👍
Great video! Would love to see a Scoutcrafter Ham Radio 101 🙂
I’ve been itching to get back on the air- it’s been years! 😃👍
That CH (Cutler Hammer) switch is really neat--lots of engineering and quality in those old things. That red stuff on the screws is glyptol (glyptal). Been used for years and still available from you-know-where.
Glyptal! Never knew that! McMaster Kerr! Thanks! 😂👍
@ Amazon too.
I have one of those too. Mine probably needs a good cleaning too.
Hello John, great video as always. My gut instinct is that the insulating material they put on the switch connections is some sort of pitch-based substance. It reminds me of the stuff used in pitch bowls. I share a similar disinterest in modern cars. I only wish I was around to see the old ones you so fondly remember.
Bloody hell! At 49 seconds into the video I was saying "I wonder if I can import one into Australia?" . I was wondering if I could get one to match the colour of my daily ride, a Royal Enfield 350 Classic.
Then like you my dreams were cruely dashed. I will have to keep my Jeep XJ. I can't stomach buying a modern car.
It was good while it lasted! 😂👍
Oh yeah nice bit of lead vapour nothing like it ha ha great video
You had me there for a second with the car man how sweet would
That be great show John have a great weekend god bless take care 🇺🇸🇳🇿🪖🇮🇱🗽🦅🦔🌟🐝🐬🙏🐕45-47 DJT
You had me going, John! All I kept thinking is that maybe GM finally fixed the blinker fluid leaks all the old Bel Airs had. Got my hopes up. That’s the great thing about the new cars…they never run low on blinker fluid!
😂😂😂😂
Most beautiful car ever built ….1966 Pontiac Red GTO
My buddy Alex had that exact car- his was Candy Apple Red! 😃👍
Nice cleanup on the switch but I really enjoyed the repair on the sada-ring gun. 🤣🤓
😂 when I was editing the video and heard me say SADA I knew there were going to be viewers saying “Did he just say SADA?!” 🫣😂👍
@@ScoutCrafter Well, I didn't even notice it until you brought it up in the video. You have a great sense of humor. One of the many things that make your videos so enjoyable. Have a nice weekend.
Thanks John
All of the new egg shaped “cars” look alike.
Nice video.
I have always liked the Weller. I have a more modern one. I like it
Star trek another favorite
Hi John. I'm with you with respect to old cars. New ones are 😢. I have that same soldering iron. Don't heat very hot either. I'm going to check it like you did. Thanks for that video. Is your up north property safe from those fires?hope they are. Have a great weekend. 👍👍❤🙏🤠...
Larry- Many times all that’s needed is to clean the connections where the tip enters the gun! 😃👍
How the hell would you ever afford it. you know damn well if they came out with something like that it's going to be $100,000 Eagle UP of Michigan we've been waiting all day for your video and it comes out and I missed it there is a 100 and some thumbs up been watching for since 11:30 this morning how did I miss it by that many thumbs up oh well I got to go back and watch it
Bob- You’re right, if it were over 30 grand I’m out. 🫣😂👍
LOL,, smoke going up my nose like it ought to.😅
John- No matter where you stand that solder smoke will change direction until you are breathing it! 🫣😂👍
At the beginning of your video, I thought you may have triggered a few viewers again.😬 I'm glad that didn't happen. I've got to try that on a few of my Weller "sader" guns. Over the years, they lost their heating abilities. Nice video 😀👍🏻🇺🇲
The tip connections to the gun often get corroded and create this problem. 😃👍
I fell for that same retro car trick John. I couldn’t sleep thinking about a 67 Malibu😞
I felt like such a rube! 😂👍
Nice fix on the Weller
LOL and in England Solder.
The only problem is that if they did come out with that retro 57 it would no doubt be 80k+ and a 2 year waiting list.
"Snoop" abides, thxs for sharing...
Once again.....
Enjoyed the show.
Have a Jesus filled day everyone.
Greg in Michigan
Smoke up the nose, like it's supposed to....lol!
Shango66: we are living in the age of smoke, take a hit!
For whatever reason today automobiles have no soul, the car an average person can afford to buy, insure, and drive is virtually lifeless. No spark, pitiless acceleration, and an instrument panel undecipherable. I drove rental cars for work the last five years before retiring, at least 60 different makes and models. Memorable are a twin turbo 2.0 litre BMW that was absolutely a rocket and a couple of Dodge Chargers that were simply marvelous! Great info for the Weller, I’ve got several that were freebies and I’ll be checking them out thanks to your tips. Flag videos always super….
My GF drives a Subaru and after two years she still has no idea what half the buttons do. 😂😂😂. I just want simplicity.
I'm looking for a moderately priced soldering gun that I can use for minor electrical work and that can be used on circuit boards as well.
Mitch- This Weller gun is for heavy work and not suitable for circuit board work- Almost everyone who does that kind of work today uses a variable soldering station like the Weller www.amazon.com/Weller-Digital-Soldering-Station-Precision/dp/B09XZBWJ5H/ref=mp_s_a_1_16_sspa?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.5yt3C0WfzElhzBIfDVpauaxjx3KAqCcV9BakUj8QC5gortMcmMklnjt3bngAIONCYIiaSySfkJku2hp0v5xyTP7aiyDtp36-4XUwMHX-RrQU-oiHwTkOMSZCKj4zreXTYECOXKvaNUs6SCecvPWR7o651ZhoXvXbg09_wniMO583tkyIwrFpFyrgcItRV9QZngJdlJ1tDXn2FL6niLLJIw.nMDeBMWgJn8GfGsJXS22gAwVt-lcUmNhtREpyVekuZk&dib_tag=se&keywords=soldering+station&qid=1731717664&sr=8-16-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9waG9uZV9zZWFyY2hfYXRmX25leHQ&psc=1#aw-udpv3-customer-reviews_feature_div
I saw a promo for a 2024 Malibu in January. However the base price was $117,000.00! If this was a real deal, it is way out of my price range!!!
That’s about 4 times my budget. 🫣😂👍
John, where would that switch have been used? Just curious.
Hi Mark- That’s a good question- Years ago switch ratings were very conservative and this switch is a perfect example- The contacts are much more substantial then today’s switches that are rated for 15 amps! That being said this switch would be fine as a light switch because a 100 watt bulb only draws .83 of an amp so even if they had five 100 watt bulbs in a lamp fixture it would only draw 4.17 amps. 😃👍
How does one send you stuff? I have a really interesting saw for you to restore. Jim Wilson Corinth Texas
Jim- My email is bicycleguy@aol.com
The new cars don't have a good reputation. Many don't last 60,000 miles anymore and there are a lot of complaints that the manufacturers are not honoring their warauntees. You are better off taking good care of your car and getting 20+ years out of it. BTW cars from the 50s and 60s usually needed a ring job by 80,000 miles. I have a couple of those Wellers. Thanks for showing how to fix. Another nice video. Good Luck, Rick
It’s true Rick!
If the new Belair was real they would sell like hot cakes.
No, more like twelve year old prostitute boys in a foreign brothel
Mr. J
We were duped, So damn sad.
😂😂😂. I was so excited too! Maybe GM will get the hint and make one! 😃👍. Thanks!!!
Thank u for great videoes. I have two question . 1 how to distingush between mirror finish and chrome plating. 2 my old adjustable wrench logo and letters are raised and embossed new one are engraved . Why? Any difference in process of forging and quality.. like
Crescent jamestown wrench vs newer cooper or apex crescent which are engraved .. old irega are embossed newer are engraved
If ferrous metal doesn't have some kind of a protective coating on it it'll oxidize pretty rapidly. It'll tarnish and rust. That's why we chrome plate stuff. To protect it. But how shiny chrome looks depends on how buffed out whatever is getting plated got. Really shiny chrome is called triple chrome. That's because there's 3 layers plated. There's copper, nickel and chrome. The copper layer gets buffed to a mirror polish. You can see the copper sometimes on worn chrome. Chrome is durable but it can wear out. Sometimes stuff is just nickel plated. They skip the chrome. They can skip the copper too. I guess they could just copper plate stuff too? The Chinese are doing that to wire now. They're copper plating steel wire. For a while they were copper plating aluminum. People got wise to that though. Plus steel is even cheaper. Copper plated steel wire is attracted to a magnet. But I digress.
Almost all the newer wrenches are chrome plated. Only antique wrenches were plated differently. The raised lettering was a little harder to produce so it was replaced by stamping and now engraving. Cheap wrenches are identified with ink or a label. 🫣😂👍
@@ScoutCrafter I hate laser engraving. Might as well put a sticker on it. Etching sucks too.
@@1pcfredthanks a lot 🎉🎉🎉🎉
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66 Bronco? Your Toyota, is a modern close 'Second'. Ford tried, but an electric bronco just ain't the same.
I’m not ready for an electric vehicle- Unless I lived in a Florida Senior community, then the electric golf cart is king! 😂👍
Hi John hope your well. Do they have contact cleaner over your side of the pond. Would have saved you half a day. Stay safe regards Scott
Yes- Contact cleaner is great when you can’t get access to or tight spaces like inside potentiometers, if the contacts are corroded only a physical wipe will clean them- like Emery cloth on ignition points. 😂👍
Hwy, John, the new retro Bronco has stayed true to form better than any other "retro bring back" model to date. What do you think of the new Bronco?
Seb- The new Bronco looks awesome from the outside but it’s packed with options that make it almost unaffordable to most. I was a little ticked at Ford after the COVID fiasco when they took orders on their vehicles and when the vehicles finally came in months later they wanted a totally different price because of supply and demand- Thousands over sticker. That really bothered me. 😃👍
I agree about most new cars, all look the same and cost a fortune and won't last 100k miles. I've been into GTOs and muscle cars since I was a kid but one exception is the modern Dodge Challenger that just went out of production. Before Stellantis bought Dodge these cars were designed and built by car people. I bought a used 2012 Challenger SRT, 392 Hemi, 6 speed and my face hurts from smiling when I drive it. Black with silver stripes the car is mean..I like the looks of the new Vette as well but otherwise it's all white and silver jellybeans..great episode you gave that switch some serious love
The SRT Hellcats have 807 HP! Insane! 😂👍
The Tube Guru and I have asked for years, why not? All we want from a car is for it to get us predictably from point A to point B; no power windows, no automatic, no do-dads of any kind. And, why can't we have that? I know, I know, if we go to Pakistan they'll build an exact copy of a '64 Ford Econoline, while we waited (all from recycled 55 gal. oil drums ).
One of my all time favorite vehicles was an '80 Chevy "Farm PickUp". No carpeting, rubber floor mats, six, 3-on-a-tree. It was MINT when I sold it. Figured I'd get anther one sometime. What an idiot I was.
I think if they had a newer reliable and proven drivetrain there’s no reason why they couldn’t do it other than MPG requirements. 😂👍
Pakistani Truck!
@@ScoutCrafter - John, I drove VW Vanagon vans for a few years. They requiired a lot of attention, especially the 4WD Syncro flavor. The last time I was in touch with that world, some guy in LA (it's always California, isn't it?) was having much success with stuffing Tesla go parts into VW Dokas (crew cab versions of Vanagons). I am too old to see the day when you'll take your favorite car in to have an electric chassis installed, but you're not.
The car had me going for a minute until I saw some of the pics closer and could spot the mistakes AI image generators make 💀💀💀 that’s messed up, these engagement farmers just out working hard on the dead internet 😭 thanks for your videos though, I’ve been watching a lot of your ones of electric motors bc I have one to clean up myself! At least the internet is still good for things like this!
Hi John, checkout the New 2025 Caterpillar pickup truck. 😁
I have seen those photos and whoever dreamed up that pickup had interesting ideas. However another internet attempt at deception. 😂😂👍
@@ScoutCrafter John here is a real car, that I have seen at a car show. Chevy 789 by N2K," None two alike" Be ready $$$ 😃
Good show fix it Friday ! I hope Donald TRUMP our president is able to fix our country! I am so happy he won!
I can see you driving in a new Tesla pickup truck LOLOLOLOL
I’ll be the last guy driving an electric car! Unless I move to Florida and get a golf cart!!! 😃👍
Stick with your Toyota… it’s already a classic… bright yellow and blue are the most prized FJs
I love that truck and would buy it again in a minute they just don’t make it anymore. 😃👍
I know.. I was with Toyota for 20 years.. retired this past week..
Are A Gone? lol
Orey Gun
Sorry Scout crafter, I couldn't help myself 😁
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If you want to buy a really cool vintage truck, get a 1950's Dodge Power Wagon through "Legacy Classic Trucks".
I love old power wagons! Legacy makes beautiful vehicles but way out of my petty budget. 🫣😂👍
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The immediate giveaway on the fake Chevy videos is there's none of the mandated safety equipment (seat belts, airbags, etc). You notice it as soon as you see a shot of the interior.
The funny thing is for the first few minutes I was excited and elated until reality kicked in and I realized I was watching three card Monty all over again. 🫣😂👍
Haha 😂😆 I know someone who's selling London Bridge if you're interested..
I’m was so excited! 🫣😂👍
London Bridge is in Arizona today. They put it in the middle of the desert. They did build a body of water for it though. Some developer bought it and shipped it over block by block. It's on the Internet. Go check it out. It's called London Bridge (Lake Havasu City)
@@1pcfred “If you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you” is a phrase people throw around as an artful way of calling someone gullible.
It comes from the exploits of an American conman, George C. Parker, who in the early 1900s, made a tidy living ‘selling’ landmarks to New Yorker's.
@@rustyblade5845 sometimes the offer is legit. I think London Bridge sold for one pound? The buyer was responsible for removing it though. I'm sure doing that cost a pretty penny too.
My question to you is, When doesn't 50/50 AKA VICTORY NOT work??? You show me an item that 50/50 doesn't work on, and I will call BS on your abilities!
Another enjoyable video. Thanks and good work.
I got a 50s Weller soldering gun in a Bell garbage bin a couple years ago. It was plopped in top with an old 80s Delco cassette radio. Took em both.
Good stuff. The same model number guns but made after the 80s seem like they took a shit in quality I can't quite figure out. The old ones are like bake light and the newer ones are like crappier plastic. Doesn't get as hot as the 50s one.
Bought a newer one at a thrift store and
a/b'd them. Yeah there is a difference.
The new one might be made in china and if that's true, that explains everything.
The Bakelite was more brittle but felt so much better in the hand- You’re right, totally different animal but they still sell them today! 😃👍