Thus spake "Elle" <honda.lioness@gmail.com> :

>"jim L" <jtl57@bellsouth.net> wrote
>> Gremlins reappeared - intermittently. fuel pump would
>> run - or not - with check light. So I pulled main relay
>> today. I couldn't identify any cold solder or stress
>> cracks, but about half the connections had the "not enough
>> solder" condition as described. Also one of the double
>> contacts had a blackened area that may have had some heat/
>> arcing problems.
>>
>> I didn't have a desoldering gun, so I just cleaned, fluxed
>> & melted existing solder & added to it to fill in. It may
>> not last as long - I don't now - but it seems to be
>> working right so far.
>
>Found this desoldering tool at radioshack a week ago. See
>the reviews. I agree it is a great and easy to use tool.
>Plus it is only $11.
>
>http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...entPage=search
>
>(Was resoldering a/c switch joints on my 93 Civic's heater
>control unit circuit board. Its a/c is somewhat intermittent
>but only on really hot days and after sitting in the sun...
>hmm like the main relay.)
>

I've still got my old bulb from when I built my first radio, a
Heathkit HW-10.