Managed to cure all my rattles, but recently a rattle appeared in the nearside corner of rear window. So finally got round to tracking it down. Only to find the rear demist connection had become detached from window and was tapping against the black plastic trim attached to the roof lining.. The solder joint had broken off the glass.
First sign of trouble here was when i first bought the car and a grey patch was seen within the black border on the rear window from the outside. Several months later i discovered the rear demist connector had become unbonded from the window and had pulled off the black paint, but was electrically connected, so didn't want to fiddle with it too much. Managed to hide the patch with a blob of black paint.
So now unsupported the metal tab to window as broken off.
Might be able to solder back on next Summer, but could be a weak point to look out for.
Looks like the push-on connector to window element was glued to the rear window, but the black border provided a poor contact surface for the glue.
First sign of trouble here was when i first bought the car and a grey patch was seen within the black border on the rear window from the outside. Several months later i discovered the rear demist connector had become unbonded from the window and had pulled off the black paint, but was electrically connected, so didn't want to fiddle with it too much. Managed to hide the patch with a blob of black paint.
So now unsupported the metal tab to window as broken off.
Might be able to solder back on next Summer, but could be a weak point to look out for.
Looks like the push-on connector to window element was glued to the rear window, but the black border provided a poor contact surface for the glue.
Still, rather that than a constantly fogged up rear window.