At 04:45 PM 1/7/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi listers;
>When I was spending the accustomed couple of hours with the 77 the other
>night, I decided to remove the mirrors, to clean both them, and
>underneath. These are the later door mounted type.
>Do the screws that hold on the bracket have a nut on the other side? If
>I loosen them shall the nuts fall into the door cavity? Or do they just
>unscrew? They may have been stripped as they seemed to turn but not go
>anywhere. Or are these screws threaded into the door skin?
>I am sure some of you experienced types out there can answer this for
>me. My Chilton's or Haynes doesn't cover this area.
>When I gather up the parts and money I need for my rocker's/respray, I
>hope to already have removed everything from the car at least once, so
>that there are no delays. This was also my mentality in removing the
>mirrors, then I can handle such delays before the big project starts. Oh
>and what about the grill in front of the windscreen? I think it just
>pulls off doesn't it? Plastic clips I think?
>TIA for all your help, gotta luv da
>list!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>Best Wishes & Safety Fast
>Andy Proudfoot 77B, 67B parts
>Gander, Newfoundland
>
If your mirrors are like mine ('76B), the base is held into the door by two
screws which screw into a sort of 'plastic molly' which expands into the
door cavity. When you take off the set screw holding the mirror to the
base, the two bolts holding the base are visible. If you can remove those
bolts, the 'molly' stays in place.
BTW, I changed my mirrors this past year because the set screws were frozen
in place and the mirrows were terribly wobbley. I tried drilling the set
screw out...no good. So I took a Dremel tool with a cutoff wheel and cut
the mirror 'foot' in half. The two parts fell off and the base was useful
for the new mirror (although I also changed the base FTHOI).
Good luck.
Bill
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