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How-To: Repairing rear window defrost lines

Repairing rear window defrost lines on your Mk1 Volkswagen.
First, pick up either a rear window repair kit or one of these:



From www.frys.com

Start by looking at your rear window and locating the broken traces. I have put a white piece of paper behind the glass and look from the outside, the non-same colored areas are where the traces are broken.

You can use a Multi-meter on low ohms, connect the negative lead to one of the tab on the window, then wrap a small piece of aluminum foil around the positive lead and drag that across the wires, where it goes to infinity, that is your break.

Crappy photo but you will see in a minute.



Use a Sharpie to highlight the areas to be repaired.

On the inside of the car, clean the window with brake clean or lacquer thinner on the lines to remove wax and dirt.



Using a straight edge, cover the area to be repaired with the pen

When you are done, and have cleaned up all the residue it will look like



If the tabs on the left or right have come unglued, then they make a conductive epoxy that you can glue them back on with…


Write up courtesy of Briano, of Mk1Dubs.com
Contributed By: Sparky on Thursday, May 22 [ Rate this tutorial ]
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