Rear window Defoger Tab broken, how to fix?
08-04-11, 05:56 AM
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Rear window Defoger Tab broken, how to fix?
So when i was trying to reconect the pass side connecter for the rear window defoger (in my vert) I broke off the tab that connects to the window. I can't tell if it is solder that holds it on. Or something else.
So how do I re attach it?
So how do I re attach it?
08-06-11, 02:20 PM
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this happens to the 1st gens, and yeah you solder it back on. i'm not sure, but i'd think you want to be quick so you don't put a ton of heat into the glass...
if its needed the 1st gen actually has a part number for the tab itself
if its needed the 1st gen actually has a part number for the tab itself
08-06-11, 11:41 PM
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It is far easier to solder it back on if you remove the glass and lay it upside down to work on. Solder flows down much better than it flows up. 
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08-20-11, 11:12 PM
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So how do i check to see if it is defrosting? Its in the 70s here (crappy summer for us) and I cant figure out how to "frost" or "fog" the window. Maybe i'll but a bucket of ice in there, hmmmm.
08-21-11, 01:50 AM
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Next any kind of humidity, run the AC for about 30 minutes, then turn it off. Should develop a nice interior fog that will allow you to check if it's working.
The primary thing about soldering, you need a good hot iron. If you laid the glass upside down and waited until the iron was really hot, and melted on a little flux to insure clean surface, you should have a decent solder joint.
The primary thing about soldering, you need a good hot iron. If you laid the glass upside down and waited until the iron was really hot, and melted on a little flux to insure clean surface, you should have a decent solder joint.
08-21-11, 09:28 PM
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Didn't even think about flux (DOH), but yes it was upside down. and as far as the A/C goes. It doesn't work. I've had three verts and not one of them had working A/C. And since
A: its a vert
B:its seattle (we've had a high of 80* this year)
I never seem to have gotten the damn thing fixed.
gonna go try ice right now.
HEH
A: its a vert
B:its seattle (we've had a high of 80* this year)
I never seem to have gotten the damn thing fixed.
gonna go try ice right now.
HEH
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