ckkrause

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

Chris_924s

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.

bpp944

I had that problem on my '85. I got creative with a zip-tie and a small piece of plastic to help wedge it in..

Supachink

not to hijack but mine came off hte window, how can i put the metal piece back on to the glass? or hte element u know what i mean?

Manning

I think CKKrause is saying the same thing you are, that the spade pulled off of the element on the window glass. Is this indeed what happened?

led

hmmm this happened to me also a couple of days ago... weird!

ckkrause

Exactly...it pulled off the copper plate on the window and it is not clear how it is attached...

-CKKrause

Beagle512

Happened to me 2 years ago never figured out how to re-attach. I eventually lost the piece, oh well.

Manning

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?

led

Isn't there some type of conductive epoxy?

SoCal Driver

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.

ckkrause

Socal-

Thanks!! I do the soldering tonight!!!

-CKKrause

turbo944

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.