side mirror eletrics
 

On the back of the glass for the side mirrors there is a printed circuit of sort (the heater element, I guess). There is also a stud that sticks off the back that has a brown wire (ground wire) connected to it, and this sits on part of the printed circuit. Well, the stud has popped off. What do I use to re-attach it to the back of the glass and make it part of the circuit again?
It would seem that it would have to be able to conduct electricity, whatever I use. I'm not sure super glue does that. I checked the manuals but did not find anything. Any suggestions?

You kinda already figured it out for yourself. You need some kind of conductive adhesive. I have used several epoxies and superglue, they are not conductive. You may be able to glue the pin back and solder on a wire tab to conect to the grid but that's kinda half assed. Other than that I'd look for someone dismantling a car and just replace it with a good used one.

...or they have a conductive adhesive used for repairing that rear window defroster lines. It holds ok as I did mine a couple years ago, but I would got with what Pete says, just find a good used one.

Heated Mud Flaps -
 

Hey Morriss, You will probably be much better off finding a good used replacement mirror with the heater element still intact. I have also tried several methods to reattach or repair the electrical leads with little success. Even when I had been successful getting the circuit to function, once everything was reassembled back on a car in Colorado it failed within a week or so. For many southern owners you may find that the heated mirrors are not necessary.

Porsche engineers design their cars to operate in every potential winter environment so they typically offered a long list of cold weather counter measures. Long before they were available in the U.S. many European manufactures with cars bound for the Alps had a long list of additional options including electrically heated windshields, door handles, door locks, seats, headlight washers, windshield wipers, etc....

After renting a “bottom of the line” econo-mobile, I almost learned the hard way to ask more questions about the local conditions while going over the Grosser Bernhard pass in Switzerland. I’d noticed several slow moving cars ahead of me gradually swerving back and forth across the highway during a heavy snow storm. As I entered a sharp turn after a long straightaway I couldn’t move the steering wheel. The frozen slush had built up so heavily around the tires in the front wheel wells that you could no long turn the car. Luckily I was able to ease to a stop just short of the guardrail. Evidently by continually swerving back and forth at these higher altitudes a driver could keep the ice packed under the fenders away from the back side of their tires.

Heated mud flaps would have probably helped..........

Michael :)

Thanks for your help guys. I have unhooked the positive wire from both the driver's and passenger's heater elements since I don't need them here in TX. But as I am going through and and trying to fix all my electrical issues right now, I thought I should probably make sure the grounds were connected since all the side mirror electrics are also tied into the rear wiper motor and back up lights circuits through fuse #9, which keeps blowing.

I was traveling from Glenwood Springs, Co., a couple years ago through a storm. The ice was packed around our wheel wells so bad I could smell rubber burning. We had to stop and pick the ice out several times.



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