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Old 24th July 2021, 14:03   #18
Dorchester2
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Originally Posted by stevestrat View Post
Are you any good with a soldering iron? Not difficult to fit if you're half competent with a soldering iron. Ad says bare resistor only . . . . not sure if heatshrink to cover the soldered joins is included, maybe Mike can answer that.

There is a "how to" by Arctic but the pics are missing

I've already made a few soldering... but crimping would be my first port of call.
The most boring job is still to get the bumper and the bar off.

Regarding the images, Arctic has provided a link of the How-To with pics at the end of his topic:
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