monaro mirror glass swap how to
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You should be able to guess from the glass you have. It's a long time since I fitted one but from what I remember.....
You'll see that there is a raised but that a screwdriver blade can go in, on the plastic mount. Work out where this is in relation to the mirror housing and adjust the mirror so that you can get a screwdriver between mirror and housing. Insert screwdriver and twist. The mirror and mount pops out of the housing.
You'll see that there is a raised but that a screwdriver blade can go in, on the plastic mount. Work out where this is in relation to the mirror housing and adjust the mirror so that you can get a screwdriver between mirror and housing. Insert screwdriver and twist. The mirror and mount pops out of the housing.
This is one of those mods that are not really necessary but nice to have. When I did mine I made a right balls up of it. But it worked out fine in the end.
If you fancy a go then here it goes....you need big balls mind......
Adjust the glass to its full upward position, at the top, and the glass is also tilted to its max position at the three o clock position.
What your trying to do is get the 7 o'clock position of the mirror to stick out.
The reason for this is so you can insert a flat bladed screw driver into a difficult to see slot behind the glass. Use a touch to assist.
Twist the screw driver carefully, and gently lever the glass from the motor assembly. There are two cut outs behind the mirror to do this.
With the new mirror, remove the spring wire that is taped to rear of the mirror, or use the old one, and insert it into the rear of the new mirror. The recess for the wire is near the two cut outs when you look at the back.
Place the mirror over the main housing, check to see that the wire spring is located properly in the guide track and press the mirror home. You might want to cover your hand with a cloth while doing this. If the mirror breaks it's going to hurt!!!.
Adjust the mirror by hand, it should click, this shows the wire spring is located properly, then check the mirror operation using the electric adjuster.
Job done.
When I did mine I Broke the electric adjuster.........typical.
Best of luck......John
If you fancy a go then here it goes....you need big balls mind......
Adjust the glass to its full upward position, at the top, and the glass is also tilted to its max position at the three o clock position.
What your trying to do is get the 7 o'clock position of the mirror to stick out.
The reason for this is so you can insert a flat bladed screw driver into a difficult to see slot behind the glass. Use a touch to assist.
Twist the screw driver carefully, and gently lever the glass from the motor assembly. There are two cut outs behind the mirror to do this.
With the new mirror, remove the spring wire that is taped to rear of the mirror, or use the old one, and insert it into the rear of the new mirror. The recess for the wire is near the two cut outs when you look at the back.
Place the mirror over the main housing, check to see that the wire spring is located properly in the guide track and press the mirror home. You might want to cover your hand with a cloth while doing this. If the mirror breaks it's going to hurt!!!.
Adjust the mirror by hand, it should click, this shows the wire spring is located properly, then check the mirror operation using the electric adjuster.
Job done.
When I did mine I Broke the electric adjuster.........typical.
Best of luck......John
This might help. I got an entire wingmirror from the US of A as the mirror itself does not seem to be available, and this was cheaper. I too broke the electric adjuster removing the mirror from my car.
Luckily my entire spare wingmirror didn't suffer the same fate.
My method was to adjust the mirror max 'left' then stick the screwdriver in from the 'outside' i.e. right hand side. You can see from the angle of the mount here how it ended up.
Anyway, once I'd removed it, and swapped the mount from my spare too, I adjusted the mount back to the middle, then presed the replacement in as gingerly as possible.
Luckily my entire spare wingmirror didn't suffer the same fate.
My method was to adjust the mirror max 'left' then stick the screwdriver in from the 'outside' i.e. right hand side. You can see from the angle of the mount here how it ended up.
Anyway, once I'd removed it, and swapped the mount from my spare too, I adjusted the mount back to the middle, then presed the replacement in as gingerly as possible.
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