TheoYJ
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- First Name
- Andy
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- Mar 30, 2019
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- Location
- Germany, near Duisburg
- Vehicle(s)
- Jeep YJ, Jeep JL
Installed the satin black front grille..
Nice Jeep! Let's see the YJ! My first Jeep was a 93. I've been kicking myself since selling it in 03! Love the YJ!Installed the satin black front grille..
Sold the YJ last march and bought the JL. Here my old YJ:Nice Jeep! Let's see the YJ! My first Jeep was a 93. I've been kicking myself since selling it in 03! Love the YJ!
Nice YJ and congrats on your new JL! The JL will feel like a luxury car. lol.Sold the YJ last march and bought the JL. Here my old YJ:
Wow, that's a beauty!Sold the YJ last march and bought the JL. Here my old YJ:
Nice post. Mine did the same thing. I’m a beginner at best with soldering. Think I should give it a go or bring it to the dealer?Did my first warranty repair. The rear window defroster solder broke so I fixed it and put a little preventive measure in place to keep it from doing it again. If it does pop the solder again, no big deal as it's about a 15 minute fix.
I used to solder circuit boards and lots of electronics back before we could afford wave solderers and other tech. To do this, I first loaded up some solder on the back of the small terminal so there would be something to melt. Then I placed the terminal on the window, applied heat with the solder iron, and it soldered back in place.Nice post. Mine did the same thing. I’m a beginner at best with soldering. Think I should give it a go or bring it to the dealer?
Very nice! This is on my wish list. So what's the review? How was the fit? Is it heavy? Can you install on the ground or do you need a lift?
To the dealer I go thanks for the backgroundI used to solder circuit boards and lots of electronics back before we could afford wave solderers and other tech. To do this, I first loaded up some solder on the back of the small terminal so there would be something to melt. Then I placed the terminal on the window, applied heat with the solder iron, and it soldered back in place.
Unfortunately, as seems to be a trend with the dealerships, it seems they mess this repair up too. But if you're not great at soldering I would still probably go the dealer route for a couple of reasons.
One, the tiny terminal has to be positioned and then a solder tip placed in the center to both heat it up and hold it in place until the solder melts. And you're holding it over your head under the glass. It's awkward. Once you see the solder melt you have to use another tool to hold in place so you can remove the solder iron and give it time to cool. I used a pocket knife but small needle nose pliers would've probably been better. Regardless, very awkward and it could get messy.
Two, it has to be soldered very quickly as it creates a 450F hot spot on the glass... not good if the rest of the glass is cool. It would be very easy to break the glass with the heat. Even when I did mine, you could barely touch the glass on the outside once finished.
Because I'm not always smart and I had to do it right away and it was 39F in our parking garage when I did mine, it was probably more luck than skill that I didn't break it. But I was fast and it didn't break and now it is fixed.