Rear defroster not working

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89Suburban

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I’m not one to do half assed repairs but hear me out.

What if you de-pin the four bad pins from connectors and then plug them back together. Then, run a pair of wires though the spaces in the connectors and solder/heatshrink them. You can force some RTV throught the connector and be on your way. You may never need to touch that connector again.

Just tossing it out there.

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I’m not one to do half assed repairs but hear me out.

What if you de-pin the four bad pins from connectors and then plug them back together. Then, run a pair of wires though the spaces in the connectors and solder/heatshrink them. You can force some RTV throught the connector and be on your way. You may never need to touch that connector again.

Just tossing it out there.
Actually
I don't hate that
Though, I might subsitute some butyl for RTV - reversible and whatnot (butyl and dielectric grease are my usual weapons of choice). Or just toss a higher power connector in there to take the 30 amps that the defrost pulls. I already have the connector kinda drilled out for routing a dash cam wire. Or hell.... Even soldering it wouldn't be terrible - still can be disconnected because the grommeted bit is just a tiny little harness based on what fless and yourself found - can still be disconnected from the hatch side


Need to see how much extra wire I have to work with on the body side. That might be a task for when it's not in the teens and freezing rain
 

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Exact same problem on my hoe a few years back. Noticed the defrost quit for days after washing it. Pulled apart the harness and bingo. Used a 12-pin waterproof connector kit laying around from another project and it worked perfect. Was probably $5 on scamazon.

Released all the pins from the existing harnesses and snipped/stripped immediately after the pins and there was still just enough slack to go back together perfect.
 
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Exact same problem on my hoe a few years back. Noticed the defrost quit for days after washing it. Pulled apart the harness and bingo. Used a 12-pin waterproof connector kit laying around from another project and it worked perfect. Was probably $5 on scamazon.

Released all the pins from the existing harnesses and snipped/stripped immediately after the pins and there was still just enough slack to go back together perfect.
Oh nice

Happen to have a link by chance?
 
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