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Old Jan 4, 2015 | 05:37 PM
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My defogger quit working. Found the connector became unsoldered and fell off. Is it possible to have this fixed?
Old Jan 4, 2015 | 09:28 PM
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go to www.frostfighter.com and you can order a kit to repair it. That kit worked better than any of the attempts that the dealer made at it.
Old Jan 4, 2015 | 09:34 PM
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There are kits for doing it yourself. They even make add-on grids for a ton of vehicles...but not for my Bronco.

Anyhow, that may set you up for success.
Old Jan 5, 2015 | 02:37 PM
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Has anyone successfully soldered this back into place? This just happened on my '10 convertible.

Their kit looks like it includes some conductive "glue."

Thanks!
Old Jan 5, 2015 | 07:10 PM
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Looks good. I ordered the kit. Thanks guys
Old Jan 5, 2015 | 07:43 PM
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Do not try to solder the terminal back on. You will just do more damage. Get one of the conductive epoxy kits.
Old Jan 5, 2015 | 09:09 PM
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Originally Posted by blchandl2
Do not try to solder the terminal back on. You will just do more damage. Get one of the conductive epoxy kits.
I did order the epoxy kit. thanks.
Old Jan 6, 2015 | 04:59 AM
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I surface solder at work from time to time and I think you'd have a hell of a time doing even a marginal job on this. It's a terrible location, it's a gigantic heat sink and it's on a fragile material.

But that's just me.

Goldenpony, I hope you'll follow up with a review of how things went. I think more than a few people would gain something from it.
Old Jan 6, 2015 | 05:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Nohippychicks
I surface solder at work from time to time and I think you'd have a hell of a time doing even a marginal job on this. It's a terrible location, it's a gigantic heat sink and it's on a fragile material.

But that's just me.

Goldenpony, I hope you'll follow up with a review of how things went. I think more than a few people would gain something from it.
Will do.
Old Jan 6, 2015 | 07:18 PM
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I just used the Frost Fighter kit on Saturday. I also used a new tab that I got from them. Very easy to do, just clean the window, tape off a square around where the original tab attached, sand the square lightly, apply the epoxy in the square and to the tab, and put the tab on. I did the heat cure which is leave it alone for 10 minutes and then heat it with a hair dryer on high for another 20 min. Today was the first real chance to test it and it works great.



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