04-05-2015, 07:43 PM
If you have major problem with wire insulation falling apart due to it being guttapercha (rubber) crumbling away due to drying, unless a particular wire is just too difficult to replace due to it coming out of a coil or otherwise not well accessible, usually the advised course of action is full replacement.
I made ampn exception for white (beige?) wire n my radio, it was as flexible as it ever was, different color rubber ages differently, black and red being the worst in AK radios, but otherwise I replaced almost all of it.
Heatshrink is not really an adequate overall solution. Spot fixing is ok now and then, but bad wiring, if at all possible, should be replaced.
I made ampn exception for white (beige?) wire n my radio, it was as flexible as it ever was, different color rubber ages differently, black and red being the worst in AK radios, but otherwise I replaced almost all of it.
Heatshrink is not really an adequate overall solution. Spot fixing is ok now and then, but bad wiring, if at all possible, should be replaced.
People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.
