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Discussion in '348/355' started by J.P.Sarti, Dec 25, 2006.

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  1. J.P.Sarti

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    #1 J.P.Sarti, Dec 25, 2006
    Well it wasn't a Merry X Mas for my 355 today, took it for a nice spin through Death Valley yesterday and I had a rattle comming from my pass side which I believe was my mirror.

    I took the cover plate off under the mirror and then you'll see the adjustment nut in 22mm to tighten the mirror as it was a bit loose, I tightened it down a bit then checked to see if the mirror would still rotate and the threaded stud in the mirror mechanism broke with the nut still on it.

    Does anyone know if you can purchase just the metal guts of the mirror or am I stuck paying $1000 for a new one?It appears the 348 guts are similar as well, I'd rather not buy a new mirror of course as I would need to paint it as well. A repair of the threaded piece welding it looks difficult as it seems to be cheap pot metal

    The ironic part was there is a self tapping screw that goes into this metal base into the painted mirror cover that fell out which was the problem in the first place not so much the mirror was that loose on its base. I'll put in in the expensive mistakes file.
     
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    #3 J.P.Sarti, Dec 25, 2006
    Thats it, thanks a lot

    I'll check it out, looks like I need to register to see the pics over there
     
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    #5 No Doubt, Dec 25, 2006
    What?! You thought that you were going to have to purchase a $1,000 NOS mirror?!

    Nope. Just a $6 banjo bolt. That and some drilling and you've got yourself a *better* than stock mirror mount for a 99.4% discount on parts, plus a 100% discount on dealer labor.

    Improve the car. Reduce expenses and downtime/shoptime. Your breakfast tomorrow will cost more and take more time to finish.
     
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    #6 J.P.Sarti, Dec 25, 2006
    Yeah, I thought of finding a used mirror and taking the inner pieces out but this will work better of course :)
     
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    #7 gothspeed, Dec 25, 2006
    You are a hero ND!!!! Kudos to you!!!:)
     
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    #8 No Doubt, Dec 25, 2006
    Thanks (takes a bow). Terry did it, though (I just reposted it).

    But my wife said the same thing to me this morning after I assembled a dozen toys for our 4 and 1 year olds last night!
     
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    #9 No Doubt, Dec 25, 2006
    Right. The used route saves a few bucks (what, $800 instead of $1,000 or so?!), but then you are stuck with the same crappy material making the mount connection (i.e. will probably fail again, especially since the part is *used*).
     
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    #10 J.P.Sarti, Dec 25, 2006
    You are right as the mirror attachment is a cheap pot metal, I tightened the adjustment nut enough so the mirror no longer had much play and turned the mirror to check it and was suprised how easily it snapped off with little force.
     
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    #11 Terry, Dec 26, 2006
    Pleased that someone was able to benefit from my endeavours

    Also great to see the flow/sharing of info between forums.
     
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    #12 J.P.Sarti, Dec 26, 2006
    Thanks Terry for your idea and post showing your procedure

    Regards

    Jeff
     
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    #13 Terry, Dec 26, 2006
    Your most welcome Jeff.

    Pleased to be able to help and return some assistance for the information I have received from this and other forums.
     

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