Couple of issues - advice please?

[tandlehill]

OK boys and girls, I've got a couple of issues with my baby and I'd like a little advice / ideas for sorting them out please.

1. Rear heated window contacts - switched this on the other morning to clear the screen and it didn't appear to do anything, mirrors cleared quickly, dash light was illuminated and no problem with fuse....so whilst in the back of the car thought I'd remove the trim and have a look see.

Horror!! contacts were hanging in thin air and completely detached from the glass, now can I glue them back on (with a specialist glue) or are there any other ways of reattaching them so that the window works again??

2. Poor signal on radio - really strange this one (although somebody with prior knowledge probably won't think so!!), radio works fine on FM, interchanger plays fine, only problem is if I want to switch to any station on AM it will play for a few seconds and then get wiped out with "static" . It doesn't always do this, interestingly after taking the trim off to look at the above problem and fiddling with the wiring loom that goes through the top of the tailgate it seemed to settle for a while but now it's back to the same old "static", driving me nuts !! Any ideas (apart from the obvious "buy a DAB unit)??

Thanks!!

[ap0gee1978]

You can buy conductive glue, for example:

http://www1.conrad-uk.com/scripts/wgate/zcop_uk/~flN0YXRlPTI4MTgyMDg5Mjk=?~template=PCAT_AREA_S_BROWSE&glb_user_js=Y&shop=UK&zhmmh_lfo=&zhmmh_area_kz=&product_show_id=150367&gvlon=&p_init_ipc=X&p_page_to_display=fromoutside&~cookies=1&cookie_n

(Picked at random, shop around first)

Although I don't know how resistant it is to heat. Possibly you could put a layer of conductive paint:

http://www.maplin.co.uk/electrically-conductive-silver-paint-36275?c=so&u=strat15

(shop around for best price, again)

...on both surfaces, press them together while they're still wet and then hold them in place with a blob of epoxy.

As for AM reception, the AM coil is internal to the head unit AFAIK, so the only reason I can think that fiddling with the trim has helped is if you're suffering from a loose connection somewhere that's interfering with the AM signal. Otherwise, it's a repair shop or new HU, I fear...

HTH