Rear Defrost connector repair- seems tricky and requires 3 hands???

[Jason in DLH]

I soldered mine with electrical solder a couple years ago and she’s been solid since.

 

[George B]

I soldered mine with electrical solder a couple years ago and she’s been solid since.

That was what I tried too. Unfortunately it didn’t work for me and I ended up damaging more of the contact area on the window. I decided to stop and see if there was a better solution. Wish I would have known about the metallic epoxy before I made it worse.

 

[Jason in DLH]

That first picture of yours looks like a bunch of old adhesive that the PO put on...is that correct?

 

[George B]

That first picture of yours looks like a bunch of old adhesive that the PO put on...is that correct?

Yeah, looks like gorilla glue. Took some time to scape it off and clean up whats left of the pad. May need a little more but I want to do it with the glass off.

 

[Jason in DLH]

Good technique to remove glue is liberally applying isopropyl alcohol and covering it with plastic and letting sit for 10 minutes. Then rub it off. Since you’re taking the glass off you’ll be able to do this.

For the wire part you could put IPA in a small jar and soak the connector in it, then try rubbing it off.

I wonder if you’d need to repeat it a couple times?

Good luck!