Had to pick between crimp and solder for a harness repair in the field

I was working on a Cessna 172 last month and had to fix a broken wire in the wing root. Couldn't decide between crimping with a standard tool or soldering it right there. I went with the crimp because I was worried about heat damage to the surrounding wires and the plane was due out in 2 hours. Turned out fine, passed the pull test and everything. But now I'm second guessing if solder would've held up better over time. Anyone else run into this choice and regret one way or the other?

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lucashart9d ago

Standard crimp tool for a wing root repair?

grace_bailey9d ago

My crimp tool turned that wing root into a pretzel, not a repair.