Rear window heating element spade connector-Soldered???
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Rear window heating element spade connector-Soldered???
Through a rather stupid move, I ripped the spade lead that is somehow attached to the window heating element. I need to reattach this connector, but I can't tell if it was soldered, brazed, or a conductive adhesive was used. Can anyone help on this??
Thanks for your reply!
-CKKrause
Thanks for your reply!
-CKKrause
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Nerd Herder
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It's a press fit female spade lug. You can temporarily stip some of the wire and feed it through the spad lug.
The plastic piece should slip off the spade lug so you can solder it back together a little later.
The plastic piece should slip off the spade lug so you can solder it back together a little later.
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I'm going to throw this out as a maybe solution. Go get some epoxy or maybe that stuff that you glue the rear view mirror on with and glue that peice back on in exactly the same place with as little glue as possible making sure not too much squeezes out from under the peice. Let that cure.The get one of the little bottles of heating element repair compound and put gobs and gobs of that stuff all over the peice lapping down onto the grid on the glass. That might work, no?
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Soldered. Really hot iron or gun. Pre tin the piece and get it a bit warm. Hold in place and heat till you see the solder flow. Remove heat quick and let cool. Did mine about four years ago. Still on the car.
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I was told by a glass place that they didn't want to resolder and were going to order one of these kits from a local auto parts store with conductive epoxy in it. I told them if that was what it was going to be, I'd go get it and do it myself....
Anyway, I found one at a local parts store, it's a rear window defroster repair kit. Comes with a conductive epoxy. Sand down a bit on the two sides where metal to metal contact will be, put a bit of epoxy on and glue away!
Mine has held up for nearly a year now and is still very solidly mounted.
Anyway, I found one at a local parts store, it's a rear window defroster repair kit. Comes with a conductive epoxy. Sand down a bit on the two sides where metal to metal contact will be, put a bit of epoxy on and glue away!
Mine has held up for nearly a year now and is still very solidly mounted.