Well I am about to order the Rega motor upgrade and I have some questions. It has been years since I have soldered or built any kits so I need to purchase the iron, solder and some form of solder remover. I need to know what wattage of iron and this will be about the only time I use it. Advice on solder is also needed.

I will have to remove the wires from the on/off switch from the PC board and desolder the power cord to remove the motor. Installing the new motor I will only have to resolder the switch wires. The PC board contains the inputs for the walwart or the TT PSU so no need to reuse the old power cord.

All the other wires are soldered from the motor to the PC board. I will be removing more wires than I will reattach. I am also curious if anyone would think I need any form of heatsink. Doing the math I have not soldered in over 30 years.

Thanks for any advice.