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Try using a solder pot you just dip the lead in to tin it https://www.amazon.co.uk/Proskit-SS-554H-Temperature-Controlled-Soldering/dp/B077JRJHG5/ref=asc_df_B077JRJHG5/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=309005850908&hvpos=1o3&hvnetw=g&hvrand=210259674268869825&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9045357&hvtargid=pla-752035032179&psc=1

I once ended up doing some work (tv news) in the factory and managed a visit into the rotunda,there were a couple of rally escorts mk1 and mk2 a gt70 with a BDA engine,Gulf liveried wide wing mk1 GT40 and a 1.6 cvh turbo mk3 GT40. (actually the first KVA gt40 kitcar) Ken Attwell was a senior plant engineer , somewhere I have several pictures.

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