rear window defogger broken
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From: Cheswick, Pa.
rear window defogger broken
Work car (taxi), not my '99 Ranger, has one wire and clip broken off rear window defogger. Other one is still O.K. It is about 12 horizontal elements with insulated wires on each end. Can this be soldered back on? Shop boss told me it's unrepairable and new rear window required - at $700 no way. Looks like wire and clip could almost be glued back onto grid. Any easy fixes?
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Toyota has repair kits for the grid terminals. They are just a terminal with some low heat solder on the back of them. You press the terminal onto the grid and then press a soldering iron onto it until the solder melts then let it cool.
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Your parts store should have the repair kit, now you maybe luckyer them me i tried 3 times on my 95 stang got it to stick but didnt work, i was told that i'd need a rear glass. good luck TNT
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defogger
Mine still sparks pretty good when I turn on the defogger and hold the wire and terminal up to the pad. By the way, I found out by searching that Permatex makes an adhesive just for this purpose. They describe it as a conducting adhesive.
