Fixing broken wire in door gaiter

william

Hi

I’ve found a broken wire which is no longer feeding power to the electric windows.

The wire is 2-2.5mm. Access is difficult with the gaiter present and the narrow space between door and frame. Some pic attached - it's the red/yellow wire.

Would you have any thoughts on how to join the two ends of the broken wire? I’ve never soldered before presume it’s easy enough!!! Do I need a new piece of wire to put in between?

Thanks

William

biko

That's a crazy awkward position.
Get a pro to have a look and get you a quote.
They have better tools and it may be cheaper and quicker than going at it yourself.

There looks to be enough room there to get a wire strippers on them and get them into a strip connector. A dollop of solder and some heat shrink would be the best job though, I‘d say you very likely know someone has an iron and could do it rather than getting fleeced for a garage pulling in a new harness or something.

mickdw

There is enough room there to get it soldered.
You could add a piece of wire if it helped in getting it done. At least it would bring the second joint into free area.

johnayo

What make and model is it. In a lot of cars you can disconnect a plug at the pillar or the door and give yourself more room to solder the wire.

william

Thanks everyone for the replies and info. I'd prefer to do this myself if possible as opposed to going to a garage. Have got my hands on a soldering iron set.

The car is a Ford Galaxy, Mk1.

mickdw

Is it a powerful soldering iron. I've learned from experience that the very cheap low end ones will struggle to get up to temp if used outdoors in the cold.

biko

Fair play for DIY-ing it, do you have heatshrink?

william

biko wrote: »

Fair play for DIY-ing it, do you have heatshrink?

Yes. Have that

william

mickdw wrote: »

Is it a powerful soldering iron. I've learned from experience that the very cheap low end ones will struggle to get up to temp if used outdoors in the cold.

I honestly don’t know. Will have to risk it and see how it goes.

biko

Do get some spare wiring from somewhere to practice on, since this is the first time.

william

Hi all,

Just following up on how I got on.

In summary, got the job done and everything has been working for a few weeks now. Did the trial runs and glad that I did. Only thing that went wrong was that the soldering iron wasn't powerful enough and I had to borrow a stronger one.

Thanks everyone for the advice.

William