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signcrafter

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97 GMC van cruise control has a broken wire
Son was looking for a tracer and came across a solderstick.
Seems cheap enough @$40,but does it work or is there something better?
I have tracers used for communications cables,which may work



Pull the covers off the steering column where the multifunction switch is and look there. I remember doing a few of those on silverados and suburbans back in the day. Wire breaks where the switch goes into the column.
 
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signcrafter

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I have no clue what hes done so far,just that hes looking at the very cheap tracing device.
Thanks I will pass this on.
Were you able to resolder?
The first one I ran into was when I was in my teens and I didn't know much, I used **** crimps and it worked but was a huge pain because I didn't take anything apart so no room to get crimper in there. Now that I'm older and a little smarter I would just replace the whole multi function switch. They aren't too expensive and not that hard to change from what I remember.
 
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