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Tech Forum => Workshop => Topic started by: chappers on December 10, 2012, 11:07:06 PM
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Greetings to all. I've joined the forum to help out a mate who has a Grand Cherokee - but knows nowt about mechanics - and his heated rear window has packed in because one of the coiled cables has come adrift. He's promised me a beer if it can be fixed without main agent extortion so any ideas gratefully received. Is this a common problem? Meanwhile, I'm enjoying browsing - especially the military stuff. Cheers...
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Don't know what the coiled wires are like but to refit a connector to the glass I'd use a bit of two part epoxy like Araldite, and to sort the electric connection I'd use some silver conductive paint to link the connector to the heated element. You need to carefully scrape some of the protective paint off the silver track to get a good connection. I've used conductive paint to repair broken heater elements before, but never had to fix one where the connector had come off.
Or after looking in the FSMs, you could use Mopar Rear Window Defogger Repair Kit (P/N 4267922), which is a conductive epoxy. That'd stick it back on and conduct the electrickery to the heater element.
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Don't know what the coiled wires are like but to refit a connector to the glass I'd use a bit of two part epoxy like Araldite, and to sort the electric connection I'd use some silver conductive paint to link the connector to the heated element. You need to carefully scrape some of the protective paint off the silver track to get a good connection. I've used conductive paint to repair broken heater elements before, but never had to fix one where the connector had come off.
Or after looking in the FSMs, you could use Mopar Rear Window Defogger Repair Kit (P/N 4267922), which is a conductive epoxy. That'd stick it back on and conduct the electrickery to the heater element.
Hi, many thanks for the advice Jonny, I will certainly use it. Sorry not to have got back sooner.