Citroen door mirror woe's
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I agree fully with all the positive comments - really nicely made stuff. Top job Brian - thanks again.
I fitted my drivers side mirror today and have a question for those of you more electrically savvy than me (so pretty much anyone
)
The mirror has clearly been floppy for a which as lots of marks where the grub screw has been tightened - and none of the wires were connected (cut and taped off). Whilst I'm not worried about a non-electric mirror will thus be OK? Wires are just individually taped up, would value any input.
Mirror now works a treat though!
I fitted my drivers side mirror today and have a question for those of you more electrically savvy than me (so pretty much anyone
)The mirror has clearly been floppy for a which as lots of marks where the grub screw has been tightened - and none of the wires were connected (cut and taped off). Whilst I'm not worried about a non-electric mirror will thus be OK? Wires are just individually taped up, would value any input.
Mirror now works a treat though!
ks 
thank you Brian top kit 
Fozzie73 said:
I agree fully with all the positive comments - really nicely made stuff. Top job Brian - thanks again.
I fitted my drivers side mirror today and have a question for those of you more electrically savvy than me (so pretty much anyone)
The mirror has clearly been floppy for a which as lots of marks where the grub screw has been tightened - and none of the wires were connected (cut and taped off). Whilst I'm not worried about a non-electric mirror will thus be OK? Wires are just individually taped up, would value any input.
Mirror now works a treat though!
Hi Fozzie.I fitted my drivers side mirror today and have a question for those of you more electrically savvy than me (so pretty much anyone
)The mirror has clearly been floppy for a which as lots of marks where the grub screw has been tightened - and none of the wires were connected (cut and taped off). Whilst I'm not worried about a non-electric mirror will thus be OK? Wires are just individually taped up, would value any input.
Mirror now works a treat though!
The wires from the mirror will obviously be dead but it's the wires that have been cut off and are now possibly floating around loose in the door that I would want to find.
If they have been taped up, no problem, if they haven't there is a risk that the wires to the heated mirror may short but unlikely.
I believe that the mirrors are heated permanently BUT there are differing stories about this and as my mirrors, like yours, have been cut I haven't really bothered to investigate this....has anyone????
For peace of mind I would remove the door speaker and with the window raised, fish around and try to find the loose end, it's probably still connected to the loom. If it's like my May 92 Griff the 5 way connector on the loom will be black and the mating part that should be wired to the mirror will be white.
I have removed the loom from my drivers door as there may have been a short to the ciggy lighter or it was overloaded as the wire had melted all the way back to the A post connector
along with the earth wire. Hence I know what the damn thing looks like as it's nailed to a board at the moment
I am near to finding an alternative connector for the mirrors, one that will fit through the mount so it can be pulled through and disconnected without taking the door card off.....just depends on the price. Watch this space.
Brian.
I intend to be at the Burghley meet this weekend so hope to see some of you there for a chat maybe.
I'll be bringing along some mounting kits (obviously) should anyone want to have look at them before they make their mind up and also some other bits and bobs for yo-all to peruse.
I will also take this opportunity to say thank you everyone for your kind comments about my work. It's not often us lowly machinists get a pat on the back so thanks very much.
Brian G.
I'll be bringing along some mounting kits (obviously) should anyone want to have look at them before they make their mind up and also some other bits and bobs for yo-all to peruse.
I will also take this opportunity to say thank you everyone for your kind comments about my work. It's not often us lowly machinists get a pat on the back so thanks very much.
Brian G.
Springbank said:
Great thread. I'm just in the process of taking off my wobbly drivers door mirror and yes everyone is correct it is a bugger getting to the infamous grub screw. Your solution looks great. I would like to order one if possible? What is the process of ordering? Cheers.
Pm sent.Springbank said:
I'm trying to remove the mirror pivot from the threaded boss - can anyone confirm if you remove it clockwise or anti-clockwise? Also what has anyone used to take it off? Difficult to get anything on it with enough purchase to move it! Thanks in anticipation.
All the threads are standard right hand springbank, so to undo this rotate it anti-clockwise.Wait till you get my kit and use the Pin tool to remove it. I've designed it to fit the original part.
Griffo400 said:
I intend to be at the Burghley meet this weekend so hope to see some of you there for a chat maybe.
I'll be bringing along some mounting kits (obviously) should anyone want to have look at them before they make their mind up and also some other bits and bobs for yo-all to peruse.
I will also take this opportunity to say thank you everyone for your kind comments about my work. It's not often us lowly machinists get a pat on the back so thanks very much.
Brian G.
Hi Brian. We are in France at the moment so will miss Burghley (attendance was doubtful anyway) but I am now intrigued, I'll be bringing along some mounting kits (obviously) should anyone want to have look at them before they make their mind up and also some other bits and bobs for yo-all to peruse.
I will also take this opportunity to say thank you everyone for your kind comments about my work. It's not often us lowly machinists get a pat on the back so thanks very much.
Brian G.
What other Bits and Bobs do you have for perusal ?
More top quality parts for TVR's finest ?
Keep up the great work.
MisterT said:
Hi Brian, great to meet you today at The Royal Oak at Duddington. Really nice surprise to observe you had one of Brian Griffiths mirror kits fitted only to find you were Brian Griffiths. Catch up tomorrow at Burghley
I'll be there for a chat Mr T but I'll need a bacon butty and 
first .Very nice meeting and chatting with you earlier today Brian. Weather was perfect and a great day all round.
For those at Burghley who enquired about the little additional mod to the wing mirrors....these were just a simple add on to replace the plastic covers which had started to 'fray' at the edges. Shame to obviously cover the lovely boss, and thought certainly not with a cheap plastic part, hence a little something to subtley highlight the area. Just an exhaust reducer - 50.8mm to 41.27mm stainless Steel - cut to match the profile of the exitsing part - fits perfectly.
HTH
For those at Burghley who enquired about the little additional mod to the wing mirrors....these were just a simple add on to replace the plastic covers which had started to 'fray' at the edges. Shame to obviously cover the lovely boss, and thought certainly not with a cheap plastic part, hence a little something to subtley highlight the area. Just an exhaust reducer - 50.8mm to 41.27mm stainless Steel - cut to match the profile of the exitsing part - fits perfectly.
HTH
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