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Post by X-R-Cist »

I have a 90 model pathfinder which needed the windsheild replaced. After several attempts by o'brien to find the correct windsheild for my car they finally managed to get the correct size one but it was still the incorrect one for my model. This one came with a front demister and a little cable that popped out of the glass and snuck under my dash. I connected it to the rear demister thinking it may work but i cannot get it to work.

Does the front demister need a seperate circuit or relay or something to make it work? or am i just connecting it wrong?
I connected it to the positive of the read demister switch.

Any ideas?
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Post by N*A*M »

you don't have an import model windscreen do you?

the d21 navara windscreen should be the same as your pathy screen and should work fine without an electric demister??? :?
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Post by X-R-Cist »

no ideas mate, all i know is they came out 4 times cos they couldnt figure out which model i have, after me telling them the whole 4 times it was a 90 DX pathy. They guy told me it was from the model above mine but didnt specify which one.

keep in mind tho that mine isnt an import and it originally doesnt come with any front demister, infact i looked over the manual as it covers other series pathy's and theres nothing in there about front demisters
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Post by buger man »

itmust have two wires not just one there isn't one on the other end is there :?
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Post by bazzle »

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Post by bazzle »

Sounds more like an EMBEDDED aerial for the radio.

Nissan use these on some models..

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Post by X-R-Cist »

nope only the one wire, i saw the thing go in and there was only one. You can even follow it back and it comes out at one end.

Extension for the arial? in the windsheild?? wtf?
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Post by RaginRover »

X-R-Cist wrote:nope only the one wire, i saw the thing go in and there was only one. You can even follow it back and it comes out at one end.

Extension for the arial? in the windsheild?? wtf?


Discos and Range Rovers have those too ususally
use the demister on the rear windscreen as a demister and an aerial.

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Post by CB0569 »

Ive seen some imported cars that have come in from Japan. We use AM & FM over here but in Japan they use MW (My 96 Navara had the MW frequency on its standered radio) which they use the aerial in the front windscreen to use this frequency.Doesnt work over here unfortunatly cause if they did the outside aerial wouldnt get broken in the bush.
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Post by bazzle »

Nissan use windscreen aerials on a lot of vehicles.
My Prev Mav had one. One wire bottom L/H corner.

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Post by berazafi »

some windscreens use a hotwire to glue them in place, they connect them to a powersupply and it melts the rubber, that was a 79 mazda capella that had one maybe is just that, does it have a termination, is it an insulated wire. if it is a bare wire with no insulation or terminal i susspect it is the hotwire
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Post by X-R-Cist »

ok now that i read more and more it seems to be an aerial...lol i cant believe i connected an aerial to my demister! that might explain why its not working.

No the wire seems to be a copper wire coated in something, runs round the bottom of the windsheild and up the middle right up to the top. It stops about 2 inches before it reaches the edge of the windsheild.

oh well better disconnect it now :oops: :oops:

Thanks for the tips guys
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Post by Croz »

:rofl: @Owen!!!


Hehehe!!

Cant wait till we do some super cold driving and he turns on the radio real loud to de-fog the front windows!!

My Feroza has a special aerial outside the car that makes a forcefield that keeps the whole car defogged... but it's not working right now... :D
On boooooost!!
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Post by X-R-Cist »

Croz wrote::rofl: @Owen!!!


Hehehe!!

Cant wait till we do some super cold driving and he turns on the radio real loud to de-fog the front windows!!

My Feroza has a special aerial outside the car that makes a forcefield that keeps the whole car defogged... but it's not working right now... :D


smartass!
somehow i think that this story will be brought up around any campfire we happen to share :oops:
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