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Old Oct 18, 2009 | 01:07 PM
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All right, Searched and searched, to no avail. I have seen how to go about fixing your Rear window defrost, but drawing a blank.

Had our first frost on the windows, and I have the 2 or 3 top lines defrosing, and the bottom one. How does one go about fixing the rest of the power lines so they defrost also?
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Old Oct 18, 2009 | 01:11 PM
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I wish I even HAD rear defrost. My 96 base-model Sport didn't even come with it!
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Old Oct 18, 2009 | 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by carbob
All right, Searched and searched, to no avail. I have seen how to go about fixing your Rear window defrost, but drawing a blank.

Had our first frost on the windows, and I have the 2 or 3 top lines defrosing, and the bottom one. How does one go about fixing the rest of the power lines so they defrost also?
shoot that might mean a new window that has defrosters...
has someone had stuff in the back that could have scraped the lines...
this severly hurts them
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Old Oct 18, 2009 | 02:21 PM
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I thought I had a similar problem and my mechanic said there is a product sold that you can fix the spots that are broken, you just need to find the spots on the defroster grid. As it turned out, I had other issues so I never had the opportunity to use the product.
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Old Oct 18, 2009 | 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by RICZR2
I thought I had a similar problem and my mechanic said there is a product sold that you can fix the spots that are broken, you just need to find the spots on the defroster grid. As it turned out, I had other issues so I never had the opportunity to use the product.
hmm this makes me think...
do you have a sodering gun?
maybe you could 'patch' areas of concern?
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Old Oct 18, 2009 | 02:26 PM
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Check the defrost lines you can buy a little kit that come with a copper paint and guide you simple repaint the lines it has metal in the paint. you can check the bad lines with a test lite.
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Old Oct 18, 2009 | 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by TXstiGuy
Check the defrost lines you can buy a little kit that come with a copper paint and guide you simple repaint the lines it has metal in the paint. you can check the bad lines with a test lite.
ahh that might be a better idea
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