MattAlpha
Caught the Bug
This is what I found when I was packing my Jeep for a trip up to VT.
![ImageUploadedByWAYALIFE1419882034.017062.jpg ImageUploadedByWAYALIFE1419882034.017062.jpg](https://www.wayalife.com/data/attachments/99/99716-afd061fd3e0d96e35ea97d9bf3e92f6b.jpg)
You can see the ground wire just hanging vice being attached to the defroster strip on the window.
So I grabbed my soldering iron, flux, a wire brush and solder and threw them in the Jeep.
This is what I did to fix it this morning.
I used a flat head screw driver to remove the button mount from the ground strap.
![ImageUploadedByWAYALIFE1419882329.131741.jpg ImageUploadedByWAYALIFE1419882329.131741.jpg](https://www.wayalife.com/data/attachments/99/99725-a44859959a4f218478314bb777a178d8.jpg)
Here's where the mount fits onto the defroster's ground strip.
![ImageUploadedByWAYALIFE1419882504.254097.jpg ImageUploadedByWAYALIFE1419882504.254097.jpg](https://www.wayalife.com/data/attachments/99/99736-c5a9254c6304c67522885518cd8c3386.jpg)
I cleaned up the mounting surfaces with the wire brush.
![ImageUploadedByWAYALIFE1419882416.544552.jpg ImageUploadedByWAYALIFE1419882416.544552.jpg](https://www.wayalife.com/data/attachments/99/99731-916995e10d804bae0afae0afa7df5ee9.jpg)
I then applied flux to both of the mounting surfaces and then heated them up and soldered them together all the way around. Here's the end result.
![ImageUploadedByWAYALIFE1419882615.043313.jpg ImageUploadedByWAYALIFE1419882615.043313.jpg](https://www.wayalife.com/data/attachments/99/99742-5bede1037f0a305e73f6ad584f77eaf7.jpg)
![ImageUploadedByWAYALIFE1419882659.556099.jpg ImageUploadedByWAYALIFE1419882659.556099.jpg](https://www.wayalife.com/data/attachments/99/99746-1b56501660df390ebbe5cb6d7ea57388.jpg)
All reassembled.
![ImageUploadedByWAYALIFE1419882695.320196.jpg ImageUploadedByWAYALIFE1419882695.320196.jpg](https://www.wayalife.com/data/attachments/99/99752-52fe3359afde25e40ee95c468a2013d7.jpg)
Works perfectly, which is what I needed this time of the year.
Overall it took me about 20 minutes from start to finish.
I hope this helps someone else in the future.
-Matt
![ImageUploadedByWAYALIFE1419882034.017062.jpg ImageUploadedByWAYALIFE1419882034.017062.jpg](https://www.wayalife.com/data/attachments/99/99716-afd061fd3e0d96e35ea97d9bf3e92f6b.jpg)
You can see the ground wire just hanging vice being attached to the defroster strip on the window.
So I grabbed my soldering iron, flux, a wire brush and solder and threw them in the Jeep.
This is what I did to fix it this morning.
I used a flat head screw driver to remove the button mount from the ground strap.
![ImageUploadedByWAYALIFE1419882329.131741.jpg ImageUploadedByWAYALIFE1419882329.131741.jpg](https://www.wayalife.com/data/attachments/99/99725-a44859959a4f218478314bb777a178d8.jpg)
Here's where the mount fits onto the defroster's ground strip.
![ImageUploadedByWAYALIFE1419882504.254097.jpg ImageUploadedByWAYALIFE1419882504.254097.jpg](https://www.wayalife.com/data/attachments/99/99736-c5a9254c6304c67522885518cd8c3386.jpg)
I cleaned up the mounting surfaces with the wire brush.
![ImageUploadedByWAYALIFE1419882416.544552.jpg ImageUploadedByWAYALIFE1419882416.544552.jpg](https://www.wayalife.com/data/attachments/99/99731-916995e10d804bae0afae0afa7df5ee9.jpg)
I then applied flux to both of the mounting surfaces and then heated them up and soldered them together all the way around. Here's the end result.
![ImageUploadedByWAYALIFE1419882615.043313.jpg ImageUploadedByWAYALIFE1419882615.043313.jpg](https://www.wayalife.com/data/attachments/99/99742-5bede1037f0a305e73f6ad584f77eaf7.jpg)
![ImageUploadedByWAYALIFE1419882659.556099.jpg ImageUploadedByWAYALIFE1419882659.556099.jpg](https://www.wayalife.com/data/attachments/99/99746-1b56501660df390ebbe5cb6d7ea57388.jpg)
All reassembled.
![ImageUploadedByWAYALIFE1419882695.320196.jpg ImageUploadedByWAYALIFE1419882695.320196.jpg](https://www.wayalife.com/data/attachments/99/99752-52fe3359afde25e40ee95c468a2013d7.jpg)
Works perfectly, which is what I needed this time of the year.
Overall it took me about 20 minutes from start to finish.
I hope this helps someone else in the future.
-Matt