Procedures

Repairing Rear Window

Preliminary work

CAUTION: Risk of damage to the vehicle.
- Risk of damage to the rear window, decomposition of the rear-window foam surround and damage to the paintwork on the convertible-top compartment lid
- Cover the convertible-top compartment lid area
- Generously mask the rear window and convertible-top fabric close to the soldering area

- Refer to Convertible-top service position

Preparing connection areas of the body for installing a new plug-in contact

1. Solder off the defective plug-in contact (lug of the plug-in contact has broken off).
2. Remove soldering tin and wipe all brown-coloured flux that emerges at the sides of the soldering area off the rear window coating.

Fitting plug-in contact and preparing for installation

CAUTION: Detached plug-in contact
- Rear window heating will not work
- Tin-coat the plug-in contact before soldering.
- Soldering paste must always be used.

INFORMATION: A new plug-in contact must always be fitted. A detached plug-in contact must never be soldered on. Part No.: 000 043 206 90







1. Tin-coat plug-in contact. Use soldering paste.
2. Make sure the plug-in contact is positioned correctly:
3. Solder on at the standard position or offset within the soldering area if the coating is damaged.
4. The plug-in contact can only be fixed in place using fabric adhesive tape.







Soldering the plug-in contact

1. Apply sufficient soldering paste to the soldering area
2. Soldering requirements: Additional soldering tin and flux. Approx. 100-watt soldering iron.







Subsequent work

End service position.