re: 164 rear defroster

["Giller,Bruce C." <bgiller@domain.elided>]

> <Subject: 164 rear defroster
> <
> <Looking for some info on the rear defroster for my 164. The pattern of
> defrosting starts with <a three-wire band a third of the way up from the
> rear deck, eventually clearing a stripe right <up the center of the glass.
> It doesn't seem to do anything at all for the balance of the <glass. Any
> know causes for this? Can it be corrected?
> <
> <Thanks,
> <
> <Brian
 
> Along this line, I remember a product that used to be available from J.C.
> Whitney for this problem.  It was a conductive copper paint used to paint
> in the missing sections of the grid lines or wires on the rear window so
> that the whole rear window would defrost.  Whitney no longer has it.  Does
> anyone know where such a thing can be found or whether there's some other
> alternative? 

	I bought a rear window defroster repair kit from a local Trak Auto
(just like Pep Boys or AutoZone).  It is just copper paint.  Need to do
some more fixes on my Spider's hardtop defroster soon before the cold
weather sets in.

	Bruce

	'86 Spider
	'73 GTV

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