Loose outside mirror
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Loose outside mirror
As you get older you learn to look (and listen) before you leap.
The outside driver side mirror on my '95 is "loose." When you shut the door it gets out of position. The inside controls will pull it back into place, but it shakes while you're driving and has to be readjusted. I bought a whole replacement unit (used).
I think I could probably handle replacing the "broken" unit. However, the replacement unit is a different color. Is there any way to "tighten" the existing mirror? And, if not, is it possible to just replace the mirror and mechanism within the existing housing?
Thanks
The outside driver side mirror on my '95 is "loose." When you shut the door it gets out of position. The inside controls will pull it back into place, but it shakes while you're driving and has to be readjusted. I bought a whole replacement unit (used).
I think I could probably handle replacing the "broken" unit. However, the replacement unit is a different color. Is there any way to "tighten" the existing mirror? And, if not, is it possible to just replace the mirror and mechanism within the existing housing?
Thanks
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Loose outside mirror
I got blasted when I was a newbie for not doing a search first. I did one this time, but I didn't find that post or didn't read enough of the search hits.
Thanks so much.
After the coldest wettest winter I can remember in my 62 years, we're finally getting some decent weather. I took the 8 year old grandson to baseball practice yesterday with the top removed. We had a ball! It made me remember why I bought the car in the first place.
Thanks so much.
After the coldest wettest winter I can remember in my 62 years, we're finally getting some decent weather. I took the 8 year old grandson to baseball practice yesterday with the top removed. We had a ball! It made me remember why I bought the car in the first place.
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Loose outside mirror
OK. Not a 10 minute fix. More like 30 minutes. But that does include gathering tools parts, etc.
It was a good thing that I had purchased a replacement. When I got the mirror apart, I found that the little "pot metal" bracket that holds the motor to the housing was broken. I replaced it, snapped everthing back together, and it now works like new.
Thanks again. You guys are invaluable.
FYI. I am now starting on my retirement project - a semi basket case '58 that's been sitting in my garage for 20+ years. I can't afford a 100 point restoration, but I can at least build a nice driver that I can enjoy for a few years before I get so old they take my license away. Then maybe one of my grandsons will appreciate it enough to be the one I will it to.
It was a good thing that I had purchased a replacement. When I got the mirror apart, I found that the little "pot metal" bracket that holds the motor to the housing was broken. I replaced it, snapped everthing back together, and it now works like new.
Thanks again. You guys are invaluable.
FYI. I am now starting on my retirement project - a semi basket case '58 that's been sitting in my garage for 20+ years. I can't afford a 100 point restoration, but I can at least build a nice driver that I can enjoy for a few years before I get so old they take my license away. Then maybe one of my grandsons will appreciate it enough to be the one I will it to.
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Congrats on getting her repaired and back into "enjoyable" condition...
BTW, I think you will find that, as you adjust into retirement, you will have several decades of driving pleasure from that '58...good luck and enjoy...
BTW, I think you will find that, as you adjust into retirement, you will have several decades of driving pleasure from that '58...good luck and enjoy...
