okay the previous owner on my car soldered on this useless piece of crap metal that he tried to attach wires to, but he ended up not even using -.- so i have a peice of petal soldered on in my engine bay

how do i remove this? I tried using my soldering thing to melt it but it seems to be on real tight and it won't melt =(

help! its in the way of my strut bar

 

DREMEL

 

wut is dremel?
sorry not very educated in this kind of stuff

 

Soldered or welded? Yeah.. use a dremel (tool manufacturer) and a couple of nice bits.. you'll get it off. If its on the firewall or something... you might need to paint.

http://www.dremel.com/html/home_fr.html

 

If it's just solder, it will come off from the heat of a soldering gun. Just give it more time to heat up.

But if it's WELDED, a soldering gun won't do jack shit.

 

Depending on the thickness of the solder and the thickness of the metal, you might need a small propane torch to remove the wires. The other alternative is a GIANT soldering iron.

If you have a small soldering iron and can see that the tip will sink in, you probably are looking at tin/lead or lower temp silver solder. If the tip doesn't melt ANY of the solder, you are probably looking at brazing or welding -- if that is the case, grab a mini-grinder (dremel tool -- as mentioned) and carefully remove the stuff.


If the tip of the soldering iron wont melt a small bit of the solder, your either have (1) a way-to-small soldering iron that is dysfunctional (easily tested by trying to melt a sample of REAL solder) and/or (2) are looking at brazing.

 

it's welded

okay so far i have about half of it off by putting a screw driver where its attached to the surface and just chiselling it away with a hammer

-.- very slow work, will have to finish tomorro mornin

should i get a torch or wut?

 

Keep going, or if your patience runs out, buy a Dremel (they come in handy it's a great tool). As a rule, screwdrivers -- even though they are used as pry bars, scrapers, and chisels -- are not the best implement for the task.

A Dremel with the "right" burr, wheel or grinding stone would do just find.

A shop with an air grinder could probably remove the wire in a minute or two (once they are set up).