[CAUT] monkey hanger

[Jeff Tanner]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Ross" <jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca>


> But for the independent in the field, buy a torch, my mini torch was 
> around
> $20, solder and flux around $5.

Yes, and shopping for those at $65/hour, or whatever your rate is, plus 
taking the part back to the shop where you have a vice, etc.  It really 
doesn't take long to run up $150 worth of effort.

> I bet a customer would not appreciate you buying a new rod, and the wait.
> It might make them think that you weren't a real technician. :-)   :-)
> It was an easy fix.

Seriously, I couldn't get the wire to stay in place while I tried to heat 
the solder.  I also figured if I get it only slightly out of alignment, it 
wouldn't work right and I'd wind up still having to order one anyway.  Been 
a while, so my recollection is fuzzy. But for me at the time, ordering a new 
one was the option that made the most sense.

Tanner