janolsson
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Hey there guys and gals
Well recently I have been trying to re-affix my rear demister terminal to the back window. I tried using a conductive glue, cleaning the areas with emery paper and electrical contact cleaner before hand. Now this worked in sticking the terminal back on but was not strong enough to keep it on as soon as you connected the wire.
This is the fix tho i am sorry there are no photos as it was all time sensitive.
I had considered using the conductive glue and then once set, using some strong epoxy glue over the top. However i was worried that this wouldn't stick well enough and would leave a blob of epoxy on the window.
With all this in mind i thought i would go for broke and solder that bad boy on. My first worry about doing this was thermal shock, cracking or shattering the window. So this is how i proceeded.
First i cleaned the window element down to the metal where the terminal attaches. To do this i found that a med fine scotchbrite pad was ideal for this. Then i cleaned all the glue off the terminal using emery paper. Both the contact points were then cleaned with electrical contact cleaner.
I then spent 10 mins heating the glass with a hairdryer (i have one in the garage for DIY use as those who know me know i have no hair!!!).
I then used a little pencil blow torch to heat the terminal (held in long nose pliers) and then melted some solder onto it. Now this is where i encountered my first problem; the pool of solder kept running off the mating face and down to the bit the spade connector attaches. To counter this i attached a blob of RTV as a dam.
Now with the terminal loaded with solder i took it to the window and heated it up again. I then gave a couple of seconds of heat on the point of the window to contact and then keeping the solder melted i raised it to the contact point and pushed it on. As soon as it met it solidified and stuck a little.
I then carefully released the piers and put on a welding glove and using a finger pushed the terminal against the window whilst i hit it with the heat from the torch. Within a couple of seconds the solder spread and as soon as i took the heat away solidified. Yey
I had a couple of small blobs of solder around the edge which would be covered by the plastic cover but i still put the hot knife attachment on the torch and smoothed them out.
It remained attached when i connected it and this evening when i finished work i confirmed it was working.
So after spending a couple of hours over 2 goes with the glue i actually fixed it in 15 mins.
Oh and Saf, i DID DO IT
Regards all
Jan
Well recently I have been trying to re-affix my rear demister terminal to the back window. I tried using a conductive glue, cleaning the areas with emery paper and electrical contact cleaner before hand. Now this worked in sticking the terminal back on but was not strong enough to keep it on as soon as you connected the wire.
This is the fix tho i am sorry there are no photos as it was all time sensitive.
I had considered using the conductive glue and then once set, using some strong epoxy glue over the top. However i was worried that this wouldn't stick well enough and would leave a blob of epoxy on the window.
With all this in mind i thought i would go for broke and solder that bad boy on. My first worry about doing this was thermal shock, cracking or shattering the window. So this is how i proceeded.
First i cleaned the window element down to the metal where the terminal attaches. To do this i found that a med fine scotchbrite pad was ideal for this. Then i cleaned all the glue off the terminal using emery paper. Both the contact points were then cleaned with electrical contact cleaner.
I then spent 10 mins heating the glass with a hairdryer (i have one in the garage for DIY use as those who know me know i have no hair!!!).
I then used a little pencil blow torch to heat the terminal (held in long nose pliers) and then melted some solder onto it. Now this is where i encountered my first problem; the pool of solder kept running off the mating face and down to the bit the spade connector attaches. To counter this i attached a blob of RTV as a dam.
Now with the terminal loaded with solder i took it to the window and heated it up again. I then gave a couple of seconds of heat on the point of the window to contact and then keeping the solder melted i raised it to the contact point and pushed it on. As soon as it met it solidified and stuck a little.
I then carefully released the piers and put on a welding glove and using a finger pushed the terminal against the window whilst i hit it with the heat from the torch. Within a couple of seconds the solder spread and as soon as i took the heat away solidified. Yey
I had a couple of small blobs of solder around the edge which would be covered by the plastic cover but i still put the hot knife attachment on the torch and smoothed them out.
It remained attached when i connected it and this evening when i finished work i confirmed it was working.
So after spending a couple of hours over 2 goes with the glue i actually fixed it in 15 mins.
Oh and Saf, i DID DO IT
Regards all
Jan
