Drivers Door Mirror Loose

[Spiike]

As the title says, my drivers door mirror has come loose. I've seen plenty of topics on here about how to get it off, how the grub screw comes loose and how to fix it. But I can't seem to find how to get the actual mirror off the tripod to get better access.

I've the speaker out and cables disconnected. Pictures attached of the stage I'm at. Any help greatly appreciated!

[phillpot]

Either grub screw out and tripod comes off with the mirror head or if screw is tight unscrew mirror, tripod and threaded thing out off the door as one piece.

Edited by phillpot on Friday 2nd July 17:05

[Spiike]

Thanks, but I can't get access to the grub screw unfortunately. The tripod is spinning on the inner metal base, so I'm unsure where to go from here or how to get it off, the base piece seems locked solid to the door.

[bobfather]

Spiike said:

Thanks, but I can't get access to the grub screw unfortunately. The tripod is spinning on the inner metal base, so I'm unsure where to go from here or how to get it off, the base piece seems locked solid to the door.

From inside the door speaker opening, separate the two plugs for the mirror, mirror motors and mirror heater are separate plugs. Once this is done you can use the mirror to unscrew the whole unit from the door. The plugs are too big to fit through the hole so you'll either have to cut wires or disassemble the plugs. If the tripod is spinning on the base just apply a little sideways pressure to bind them together

[Spiike]

bobfather said:

Spiike said:

Thanks, but I can't get access to the grub screw unfortunately. The tripod is spinning on the inner metal base, so I'm unsure where to go from here or how to get it off, the base piece seems locked solid to the door.

From inside the door speaker opening, separate the two plugs for the mirror, mirror motors and mirror heater are separate plugs. Once this is done you can use the mirror to unscrew the whole unit from the door. The plugs are too big to fit through the hole so you'll either have to cut wires or disassemble the plugs

I don't think this method will work? As mentioned, I've already got the cables disconnected but with the grub screw being loose, the tripod isn't tight on the base so can't unscrew it. Thanks for the suggestion though!

[Spiike]

I've tried using cir clip pliers as someone else suggested on the base, going through the side of the tripod but it seems locked fast and won't budge

[scottliv]

If the tripod is spinning on the boss screwed into the door use a parallel punch or screwdriver into the slots of the boss. Tap it around to loosen. Put a couple of layers of tape around the hole to protect the paintwork.
You can just see the slots in the picture.

[Spiike]

scottliv said:

If the tripod is spinning on the boss screwed into the door use a parallel punch or screwdriver into the slots of the boss. Tap it around to loosen. Put a couple of layers of tape around the hole to protect the paintwork.
You can just see the slots in the picture.

I don't have much access as shown in my photo above but I'll certainly give the tapping method a try, see what I can get access with, cheers! I'll get back with how I get on.

[bobfather]

Spiike said:

I don't think this method will work? As mentioned, I've already got the cables disconnected but with the grub screw being loose, the tripod isn't tight on the base so can't unscrew it. Thanks for the suggestion though!

Yes, this happened to me. I managed to bind the two parts together by adding a little bending pressure. If you can see the base through the tripod, then jam something down there to stop them spinning on each other. It worked for me, once the base starts to turn then it should spin out easily

[x 7usc]

Drill yourself a hole just behind the metal frame for the window, aim for the base of the toadstool and you can rotate it slightly and find the grub screw this way. I got both mirrors off inside 20 mins like this.

[Spiike]

Disaster has struck! Got everything loosened and repositioned with the grub screw, then upon tightening back onto the door, the tripod metal gave up

Can someone guide me in the right direction for a replacement or alternative?

Many thanks

[phillpot]

"Hens teeth"!

Until a year or so ago they were available from all the big TVR Specialists but stocks seem to have been exhausted, similar situation with Lotus Specialists (same mirrors used on Excel I think?).

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/124803701229?ssPageName...

[Spiike]

Hens teeth is correct. I've tried using JB Weld with no luck it just cracked again. Have searched high and low with no luck finding one. Disappointing, with all this great weather and the car is left in the garage

[x 7usc]

There is a single non adjustable type which you can file to match the 3 positions of the original one, they’re identical in all other aspects apparently

http://www.cx-basis.de/catalogsearch/result/?_store=en&q=95647738&_from_store=de

copy and paste the whole link

Edited by x 7usc on Monday 19th July 19:28

[Adrian@]

So it is clear...I posted this on my FB page yesterday....I cannot see that these are available for under 58+ Euro ATM (I might be wrong). The OE Citroen part number is 95647738 and is what we see in the market place is a 3 position mirror support, but there is a much stronger single position (which with a small amount of work can be filed to be a three position AND I found that I wanted to file more of the one side for wires on the later mirror door button press versions) It comes in slightly cheaper than the 3 position and these are only available second hand (there may be a Citroen part number esp. for this version, but I have never found it)...this really needs to be what TVR 'people' reproduce/3D print (whatever) as a start point, IMHO of course. http://www.cx-basis.de/catalogsearch/result/?_s...
(You might need to have a Europe based 'person' willing to help get the damn thing from A to B these days).





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Edited by Adrian@ on Monday 19th July 21:52