what kind of soldering gun would yall recomend for me chipping my ecu? anything special

 

not a gun at all, theyre too big. get a cheap 10$ radioshack soldering iron. pencil style

 

dont forget the desoldering braid

 

desoldering iron $10, also works as a solderingiron if you get a new tip. You will need that for pulling the old chip correctly.

 

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Ungars are good (this is what I have used for years)

Hakko's are also very good. If you are doing ECU's get a nice desoldering gun. The braid sucks for that IMO.

 

Something on the low wattage side too... You don't need anything really hot to desolder/solder a ROM... I use a Weller soldering/desoldering station which works great but they are kind of spendy unless you're doing it a lot... For mobile stuff I have BluePoint butane soldering iron but I wouldn't recommend using it on a board (too hot)... Just my $0.02

 

weller makes great stuff if you're looking for something nice.

 

I did my ECU with a soldering gun.. giant freaking tip on the thing, but I did it somehow. Just make sure that whatever you get actually heats up. The Radio Shack pencil soldering iron I have can't even melt the roll of solder if I hold them together.

 

Weller and Ungar are the same. Weller actually bought out Ungar. FYI

 

i use weller soldering station and a cheapo radioshack desoldering iron.. for $10 it works great

also.. just use the cheap radioshack iron too.. its plenty enough