General rear demister

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General rear demister

dtwelve

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Hi guys eventually i decided with help from my bro to see why my rear winscreen wsnt demisting with the pressing of the demisting button ( someone last year reversed into my and damaged all the boot so new boot was put in ) we found that the cables were all receiving power to the rear but the tabs that are soldered onto the screen were missing tested screen matrix and that works ok so ....where in the uk can I get the tabs that solder to the screen ???


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david
 
I have successfully managed to solder one of these back on another car recently but it was a real pain. I used electrical grade solder and additional flux. Any suitable male connector of the right length cut and bent to shape would do the job. However be prepared for trouble and consider a second hand screen from a breakers. You will need someone with glass know how to extract this and also to refit it. To solder the contacts on the screen in situ takes the patience of a purple hearted saint and they fall off very easily. I think from (poor)memory, that in the end I used a very small quantity of super glue gel to hold the contact in place and then managed to get the solder to do its thing and run between the contact and glass. Just remember to get a high rated terminal as those for lower power are much more flimsy. Most parts suppliers have a selection which could be made to work. If you want original type of connector I would visit a breakers and ask to have some of a screen they don't need.
 
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