Griffith Wing Mirror

[themac]

Had a problem with the drivers side mirror becoming loose.
The only way it could have been knocked,is when the meter reading guy comes round and reads the gas/elec meters is my garage. (they are now banned from entering the garage)
So i got out the trusty Steve Heath Bible and started to solve the problem!

Step 1 Mask area to protect body work etc
Step 2 lift up plastic sleave to access grub screw that locates the mirror to the car
Step 3 locate grub screw (30 minutes later !!) buried in recess and barely visable
Step 4 Use alen key to tighten grub screw (you couldnt even fit a fag paper in the space/gap
Step 5 Grind down alen key to the size of a match stick (not knowing that it will fit/work)
Step 6 Locate bolt and start tightening (lucky guess,the alen key fitted) but hard to locate big time
Step 7 Length of alen key is now too short to continue tightening
Step 8 Grind down another alen key slightly longer to gain more length
Step 9 finally all is well and mirror is fixed (3 HOURS LATER)
Step 10 Go to fridge and open a well deserved beer

Step 11 Sell modified alen keys on ebay (the borrowers may want them)

I may have gone around this job the wrong way, but i could not think of any other way of locating grub screw.
Steve Heath does mention that this job is not easy and locating grub screw may be difficult.

Can someone enlighten me on how the TVR guys fitted the mirror in the first place


Thanks

Vince

Edited by themac on Friday 17th June 19:53

[EGB]

See T Andrew TVRCC Griffith site for the most comprehensive posts and photos of Griff wing mirror repair ever! 2008-2011. Dismantling, repair and fixing.
Because of a loose grub screw I was able to unscrew the whole unit from the door boss and refix. April 2011. Eddie.

[themac]

Hi Eddie

Will look up details on previous posts

Did try and unscrew mirror, but i was concerned i would damage wiring.
Managed to pop mirror off in end to check column was not damaged

Vince

[MrMCI]

I ended up cutting a 5mm length of allen key off and used a 2ba spanner. I managed to wedge the little length of key in the grub screw and once its in, its in....its still there for next time :-)

[themac]

Tightening the grub screw was an absolute nightmare
The alen key got stuck several times and i nearly left it in because i got so fed up with it
At least the main column connected to the car was intact.
this really would have been a problem

Vince

[EGB]

I was lucky. The Blackpool TVR boys had counter screwed the wires before assembly. I counted the number of turns when I unwound the mirror unit. On some cars, not all, removing the door trim can reveal a hole in the door frame where a bolt at the mirror base can be unscrewed to safely remove. This was after first disconecting the wiring.