Ping Richard Beamends

Dec 14, 2006 19 Replies

Hi Richard, Fitting the new Disco 300TDi overhead mirror has beaten the local garage too, have you any idea how to get the old one off? Ta TonyB


Er, no, not really - failing to come off is the exact opposite of the usual problem! Seriously, I've never had to take one off.

I'd imagine the best bet would be to book a life-changing, once in a lifetime trip in a country that gets very picky about missing mirrors...... ;-0

As EMB says, FBH?

Richard

Eh?

Fire Baptized Holiness.

David

Hammer. Big one.

Alternatively, tie it to a tree, when you get back from the shops it'll have miraculously come off!

Alternatively, you'll have acquired a new aftermarket accessory that magically follows your car everywhere you go, leaving clods of mud behind :o)

You can claim that it's there to absorb the emissions from your exhaust, making the car carbon neutral!

How's that for a tree-hugger idea then? Drive around with a trailer full of watercress ;-)

I'm off to the patent office.

On or around Fri, 15 Dec 2006 16:30:23 +1300, EMB enlightened us thusly:

no... unless you want to fit a new screen as well... I managed to break a screen trying to fit one once.

There's a bit that stays stuck to the glass, chances are there's a concealed screw somewhere holding the mirror to that bit.

On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:21:52 +0000, Ian Rawlings scribbled the following nonsense:

you've not seen Martyn's Sankey then..... full of shrubs and plants.....

Ah.

Percussive adjustment tool.

Ta

David

|| On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:00:43 GMT, "JacobH" || wrote: || ||| Ian Rawlings wrote: |||| On 2006-12-15, rads |||| wrote: |||| |||||| FBH ||||| ||||| |||| |||| Hammer. Big one. |||| |||| Alternatively, tie it to a tree, when you get back from the shops |||| it'll have miraculously come off! ||| ||| Fairly Big Hammer. ||| || Ah. || || Percussive adjustment tool.

Manchester Spanner, we used to call them.

Simon Isaacs uttered summat worrerz funny about:

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Lee D

For performing percussive maintenance, a concept that frightened the crap out of me when I discovered it was an approved method of repairing aircraft.

Electrician's screwdriver.

Stuart

Heh, then I expect the window slider channels are full of moss too!

Is there anything which cannot be maintained in this fashion?

aye - known as "Birmingham screwdriver" round here.

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