Rangie Failure of the Day

Twas Tue, 16 Dec 2003 16:34:23 -0000 when "David French" put finger to keyboard producing:

I think I'd be buying a curved piece of mirror and some sticky pads...

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Sounds a good idea, except there's no dip lever on the mirror (because it's auto-dipping), which means you'd have to adjust the mirror manually each time (it's very stiff, may even break the whole thing off!). This isn't really the end of the world but it's a little annoying, that's the point of having an auto-dip mirror!

Sounds like time for a manually dipping mirror and a sticky pad?

Right...plain glass mirror silicone sealed over the top of the cheap affair...

then polish the rear end somewhat like

if that doesn't cause the main beam loons to dip having had reverse dipology performed upon them then deploy that odd sock from the third drawer down over said mirror.

problem solved.

Anyway don't worry about the mirror...whats behind is in the past... you need to be looking to the future.

:-)

My Dad had a LWB 109 amoungst others when we were kids painted in a JLO colour scheme...There was such a high gloss on it that to drive behind with bright lights hurt...one of my lasting memories from multiple trips when moving home and following the landie...

Now then .....have you considered putting a decent engine in there only I've been thinking, you seem to have a lot of space empty in the engine bay.......

Lee D

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On or around Tue, 16 Dec 2003 17:28:35 -0000, "David French" enlightened us thusly:

get a manual one instead. and if it's one of those that aer stuck to the windscreen, remove the arm from the bit on the windscreen before trying to change the mirror head - I didn't do this once, cost me a windscreen, the load on the arm cracked the glass.

Damn, missed it, but thanks anyway. I may be able to get one off a friend who bought one and found it wouldn't fit in his MR2.

Read up on Discoweb.org as you should be able to get a free replacement on Land Rover mirrors with the auto dipping setting.

Martin

I've had a good search but can't find anything on mirrors - do you have a link?

This is a '96 vehicle, so I'm not entirely optimistic about getting anything free out of Land Rover, but I'll try!

Thanks, David.

£110 if i remember correctly but dont hold me to it!

MC.

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Ron