Rear defroster

Silver Turbo · Post by **Silver Turbo** » Tue Feb 04, 2003 5:19 pm

Have the wires in the rear window have stopped working, they don't heat anymore so it only sort of gets half defrosted <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... ferent.gif ALT=":|"> Does anyone know what the cause could be and how one can fix this? Volvo for life, 480 for eternity.

Silver Turbo · Post by **Silver Turbo** » Tue Feb 04, 2003 5:20 pm

I meant "half the wires" of course... Volvo for life, 480 for eternity.

dragon · Post by **dragon** » Tue Feb 04, 2003 5:23 pm

I wouldn't mind knowing what the options are for this too, annoyingly, only one of my wires doesn't work - the one that clears the strip at my eye level! typical <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... s/wink.gif ALT=";)">   1995 480 Turbo, Flame Red Metallic, Jacquard/Leather

480Turbo White · Post by **480Turbo White** » Tue Feb 04, 2003 5:28 pm

its normally that the wire has got a break in it somewhere eg the glass has got sratched and cut the wire on the glass, i have the same problem and when i checked with a meter found that there was a break in each wire that was not heating so i had to get a replacement rear window

Silver Turbo · Post by **Silver Turbo** » Tue Feb 04, 2003 5:35 pm

hmm... strange, that's what I thought it might be but I can see no place where these wires are cut. As for replacing the rear window, that's a rather expensive proposition, especially if it's just for the darn defroster! <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /alien.gif ALT="0]"> Volvo for life, 480 for eternity.

TheXile · Post by **TheXile** » Tue Feb 04, 2003 9:53 pm

I had the same problem with another car I had ( Morris Marina Coupe - rest its soul ), and have lost 3 wires on my baby celebration. Probably due to my dog or over exuberant cleaning. Any-hoo, I got this small vial of liquid metal from a motor factors which was made for the job, so I painted over the break and "voi-la", complete circuit. I haven't bothered to fix these 3 wires, but I'm going to look for another vial to do the job. You should see the break in the wire when you start the demister; look along the dead wire and you should see a tiny clear spot where the current seems to be trying to cross the gap. I know 'cause I've seen it. Good luck Gedda<img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... s/nerd.gif ALT="8o">

Autobahnstormer · Post by **Autobahnstormer** » Tue Feb 04, 2003 9:59 pm

Evening, This is an ancient problem, and there used to be a special paint available to 're-touch' the scrathced filament. Use a test lamp, and a piece of tinfoil to find the break, and try to use a high-solid metallic paint to re-paint the line. It might work, it might not. Phil

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