Engine mount spacers and door mirror glass.

[v8sag]

Should there there be the metal 5mm spacers on both sides of the engine where it meets the rubber mounts,i'm sure I haven't lost one when takeing the engine off the chassis,seem's odd there should only be one on the off side.
Also whats the best way of takeing the door mirror glass off,anyone taken them off with applying a little heat?

Cheers Paul

[BIIOAB]

Cant help with the engine mount, but theres a little tab type thing behind the bottom of the mirror glass which you push to one side and the glass should pop out.
you need a thin blade to get under it as the glass has usually dropped - watch you dont damage the casing paint!

[dnb]

I only have one engine mount spacer on my garage floor. It's unlikely (although not impossible) that we have both lost one.

You should note that the Griff chassis is not symmetrical in the engine bay.

[David H]

There's only one engine mount spacer yes.

[v8sag]

BIIOAB said:

Cant help with the engine mount, but theres a little tab type thing behind the bottom of the mirror glass which you push to one side and the glass should pop out.
you need a thin blade to get under it as the glass has usually dropped - watch you dont damage the casing paint!

I'm have a spare mirror glass which has double sided tape on it,so thought it would be the same on the existing?I'll look for the tab,are they some how mechanically fixed,not worried about the the paint as this is why i'm taking it off to be repainted.

[GreenV8S]

v8sag said:

I'm have a spare mirror glass which has double sided tape on it,so thought it would be the same on the existing?I'll look for the tab,are they some how mechanically fixed,not worried about the the paint as this is why i'm taking it off to be repainted.

The glass is attached to a plastic frame with adhesive tape.

The plastic frame is attached to the motor assembly by a locking ring. If you adjust the mirror upwards there is enough space to get a plastic strip under the glass, use this to push the tab on the locking ring sideways, this releases the frame with the glass stuck to it, make sure you catch it before it hits the paintwork. You may find you can simply pull the glass off the frame by brute force instead but you run the risk of breaking the frame.

[spend]

I thought the BigAl (glassman) tip was to stick the mirror in the freezer if you wanted to take the glass out.

Dave

[v8sag]

Thanks all,will try the conventional method first today,(last job before the respray)
Surely you guys wouldn't need the freezer method with your winters,in theory they'd be falling off come January...

[barreti]

Just to confuse things, I had a spacer on each side. Sorry.
Mines a 4.3 though so not necessarily indicative.

[Ballistic Banana]

barreti said:

Just to confuse things, I had a spacer on each side. Sorry.
Mines a 4.3 though so not necessarily indicative.

Now we know why you had to cut the inside arch to bits could it really be the reason.

Can any other 4.x's boys confirm the one or Two Spacers?

BB

[spend]

4.3 Chim - no spacers - but it was a vintage year for chassis'

TBH I cant see that they were designed to use spacers - they would just be fitted when needed..

Dave

[barreti]

Yep, I agree there. The spacers on mine were exactly the same thickness, but one was bent to fit the engine bracket and would only refit to the car one way. The weight of the engine could have bent it I suppose but I found it in the first place because the flat one wouldn't actually fit on the 'wrong' side.

Sounds like a Saville Row car to me