RE: Instrument cluster repairs...solution...maybe

["Aaron Ness" <aaron@makuta.com>]

I have concerns about this.  Isn't the rear defrost grid a resistive
conductor (realistically, anything is, but not designed to be so)?  I think
it would have to be to generate the heat required to melt stuff, which is
what it's doing.  Assuming this is the case, wouldn't the repair stuff be a
similar material?  If so, you're replacing an ideally non-resistive trace in
the circuit with a resistor.  If the voltage drop isn't a problem, that's
great, but it seems you could run into some sort of problem with it.

Aaron
'82 Scirocco
'84 Scirocco
'70 Bug - Hibernating
'87 Jeep Cherokee 4.0
'81 Honda CX500

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Gerry Reichelt
> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 9:24 AM
> To: scirocco-L@scirocco.org
> Subject: RE: Instrument cluster repairs...solution...maybe
>
>
>    I found a product awhile back (Loctite?) that's used to repair rear
> window defroster grids. It's a copper based paint-on liquid
> that conducts
> current. I'll bet it would work for printed circuits as well if you're
> careful enough with the application.
>    Gerry
>
> -----Original Message----
> Subject: Insturment cluster repairs...solution...maybe
>
> If anyone's had problems with the insturment cluster
> printed wiring in their cars I've found one solution.
> The positive side of my signal indicator burned out
> the other night.  I removed the cluster to replace the
> bulb and found it.  As an avid model car builder I ran
> to my supplies box and grabed some stuff called bare
> metal foil.  It's actually a very thin sheet of metal
> with an adhesive on one side.  I cut a thin strip of
> it out and stuck it across the gap burned in the
> harness after throughly degreasing the area with
> alcohol. Bingo, signals work again.
>
> George-
>
>
>
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