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Heated rear window

Postby BIG_MVS » Thu Oct 20, 2005 8:56 pm

Replaced the gas struts today and found that the wire going onto the window which should be soldered to the glass isnt :!: no wonder it doesn't work :roll:

Anyone know how to repair this or if there is a repair kit available?

My mechanic Ed China(aka Stu) said that there isnt enuf metal to solder onto currently and would probably damage the glass.
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Postby pgoldsmith » Fri Oct 21, 2005 7:29 am

Mine came away from the glass and although I'm led to believe you can actually solder the tag back on when I tried I didn't have much success.

A better way is to use 'conductive adhesive' which you can buy through a specialist retailer such as RS Electronics or perhaps Maplin, if there's one close to you.
The down side is that it is expensive mainly due to the high silver content which is needed to provide the conductor. From memory it's around £20 for a tube no bigger than a thimble!

I used some probably over 12 months ago and so far it's been fine....................doh :roll: something is bound to go wrong now!!!! :roll:
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Postby BIG_MVS » Fri Oct 21, 2005 7:48 am

I'll give it a go cheers, when you say Maplin, do you mean Maplin Electronics?
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Postby red leo » Fri Oct 21, 2005 8:11 am

Hi
I used superglue putting it in layers over the top rather than between the surfaces so far its lasted a week! :roll:
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Re: Heated rear window

Postby Alpineandy » Fri Oct 21, 2005 8:15 am

BIG_MVS wrote:My mechanic Ed China.


Is that the flying sofa man?

Or is my senility kicking in again?
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Re: Heated rear window

Postby BIG_MVS » Fri Oct 21, 2005 8:35 am

Alpineandy wrote:
BIG_MVS wrote:My mechanic Ed China.


Is that the flying sofa man?

Or is my senility kicking in again?


I take it you don't watch Sky? In particular Wheeler Dealers on channel 133. Ed's the mechanic that does all the graft, then theres Mike Brewer who buys the cars then sells them on hopefully for a profit. Hopefully one day they will take on an Alpine to restore and sell on, then again theres not much money in that!!! :roll:
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