Andy:
The original mirror base plate is plastic and has two pegs which
push through the sheetmetal. When the mirror self tapping screws tighten in
these they expand kinda like a rivet to hold the assembly tight to the door.
When the mirror is taken off the base stays on the body as these pegs do not
shrink back to original size. The pegs tend to break if you try to pry the
base plates off the sheet metal. Luckily the plates are available new, so
the mirrors can be mounted again if the door holes have not been buggered
up. DPO's tend not to know this and reuse the original pads with all kinds
of creative hardware available from ACME tool and die.
Kelvin.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Proudfoot, Andrew [mailto:proudfa@NAVCANADA.CA]
> Sent: Thursday, January 07, 1999 1:45 PM
> To: mgs
> Subject: mirror removal 77B
>
>
> Hi listers;
> When I was spending the accustomed couple of hours with the
> 77 the other
> night, I decided to remove the mirrors, to clean both them, and
> underneath. These are the later door mounted type.
> Do the screws that hold on the bracket have a nut on the
> other side? If
> I loosen them shall the nuts fall into the door cavity? Or do
> they just
> unscrew? They may have been stripped as they seemed to turn but not go
> anywhere. Or are these screws threaded into the door skin?
> I am sure some of you experienced types out there can answer this for
> me. My Chilton's or Haynes doesn't cover this area.
> When I gather up the parts and money I need for my rocker's/respray, I
> hope to already have removed everything from the car at least once, so
> that there are no delays. This was also my mentality in removing the
> mirrors, then I can handle such delays before the big project
> starts. Oh
> and what about the grill in front of the windscreen? I think it just
> pulls off doesn't it? Plastic clips I think?
> TIA for all your help, gotta luv da
> list!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> Best Wishes & Safety Fast
> Andy Proudfoot 77B, 67B parts
> Gander, Newfoundland
>
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