10-04-2011, 02:29 PM
Hello Alan and welcome.
That old crumbling wiring is the pits to deal with. There are usually two roads people generally take when dealing with it. Unsolder one end of a wire and slide the same (or close) color heat shrink over the wire, and reconnect. The other road is more tedious and time consuming that would be removing the wires one at a time and replace with the same color wire. I use either strand or solid wire from the 18 - 22 gauge size.
My opinion is to use the same color or as close to the original as possible, as this will help if you run into a problem down the road and someone with the same radio tries to help out.
I get my wire from here. They have every color you would need.
http://www.wesbellwireandcable.com/UL101...20-10.html
That old crumbling wiring is the pits to deal with. There are usually two roads people generally take when dealing with it. Unsolder one end of a wire and slide the same (or close) color heat shrink over the wire, and reconnect. The other road is more tedious and time consuming that would be removing the wires one at a time and replace with the same color wire. I use either strand or solid wire from the 18 - 22 gauge size.
My opinion is to use the same color or as close to the original as possible, as this will help if you run into a problem down the road and someone with the same radio tries to help out.
I get my wire from here. They have every color you would need.
http://www.wesbellwireandcable.com/UL101...20-10.html
-Keith
