|
||
|
12th April 2020, 15:46 | #1 |
Posted a thing or two
Rover 75 Saloon Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: Under the car
Posts: 1,840
Thanks: 210
Thanked 244 Times in 221 Posts
|
Wire off rear screen - help please
One of the wires has come off my rear screen. How do I re-attach it?
It looks like it was soldered on but I can't see how without cracking the glass. Is there some sort of conductive glue I could use instead? In case the above pic isn't clear, wire A is supposed to be attached to the screen at point B. (I've just twisted the end of wire A so the mating surface is facing towards the camera). I'm not sure what that brown honeycomb-like deposit is but it's on all of the screen connections. Some sort of flux perhaps? It reminds me of these. |
12th April 2020, 18:37 | #2 |
This is my second home
R75 Saloon. Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: France/or Devon.
Posts: 14,003
Thanks: 3,851
Thanked 2,167 Times in 1,816 Posts
|
Glue. Yes.
Halfords for one do a metallic paint to repair the fine wires across the screen. A layer of this plus glue on top will make the connection good again. |
12th April 2020, 18:39 | #3 |
Premium Trader
Rover 75 Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Devon
Posts: 33,767
Thanks: 8,837
Thanked 14,831 Times in 8,030 Posts
|
__________________
Lest we forget..
|
12th April 2020, 18:47 | #4 |
MG ZT Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne
Posts: 20,151
Thanks: 3,565
Thanked 10,837 Times in 5,718 Posts
|
Simon, if you heat up the solder on the tab, then wick it off, you will be left with the metal tab with four dimples protruding from it.......here is one I prepared earlier
Carefully clean the land around the tab location on the window, using 240 production paper, then wipe it over with isopropanol, or meths. Mix up a dot of Araldite Rapid, apply it to the tab, then push it firmly into place, and hold it using a small screwdriver or similar in the centre of the four dots until the glue sets. The protruding pips will make sufficient contact with the screen to make an electrical connection, and the Araldite will be more than sufficient to mechanically secure it. If it's good enough for a HRW wiring tab to connect in this way, your radio aerial connection will be fine Brian |
12th April 2020, 19:35 | #5 |
Posted a thing or two
2004 mk1 Rover 75 1.8T Club SE saloon (auto) Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Enniskillen
Posts: 1,307
Thanks: 670
Thanked 254 Times in 222 Posts
|
This happened to me a good while back when I was messing around with the inner C post trims and parcel shelf, but I simply added a couple of blobs of solder to the wire tab and secured it back to its position on the screen - no issues and working fine since (might I have dodged a bullet..?! ).
Cheers, Karl. |
12th April 2020, 20:33 | #6 |
This is my second home
Rover 75 tourer Club CD/Limo Tints Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Meneac
Posts: 6,759
Thanks: 5,007
Thanked 1,609 Times in 869 Posts
|
Sorry but this is a slight Hijack.
I have recently had to fit a rear screen into a friend saloon. It came from a scrap car and the wires had just been cut off. is there a picture or diagram of the wiring as it should be anywhere some one could post up??
__________________
] "I started out with nothing, and Ive still got most of it left!" Last edited by Number 6; 12th April 2020 at 20:36.. |
12th April 2020, 20:35 | #7 | |
MG ZT Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne
Posts: 20,151
Thanks: 3,565
Thanked 10,837 Times in 5,718 Posts
|
Quote:
|
|
12th April 2020, 20:40 | #8 | |
This is my second home
Rover 75 Saloon & Tourer Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Lincoln
Posts: 14,926
Thanks: 1,630
Thanked 3,032 Times in 2,181 Posts
|
Quote:
macafee2 |
|
12th April 2020, 20:55 | #9 |
MG ZT Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne
Posts: 20,151
Thanks: 3,565
Thanked 10,837 Times in 5,718 Posts
|
What on earth type of soldering iron were you gents using?
I couldn't get enough heat into the thing to wet both the land and the tab simultaneously Brian |
12th April 2020, 21:22 | #10 | |
Posted a thing or two
2004 mk1 Rover 75 1.8T Club SE saloon (auto) Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Enniskillen
Posts: 1,307
Thanks: 670
Thanked 254 Times in 222 Posts
|
Quote:
I was using a relatively cheap Draper unit - bought for about 20 bucks or so, IIRC. I can't remember the exact "technique" used, but knowing me, it's safe to assume it wasn't very technical! Sometimes, it's better to be lucky than good.. Cheers, Karl. |
|
|
|