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• Re: Power Mirror Problem
  Historical mailing list - Madsen
  Mon, 25 Oct 1999 15:33:29 -0400
  Hello Roy The probable cause for your inoperable mirror is a broken wire. Over the years, the wire becomes brittle and eventually breaks. I...
• Replacing glass in an '83 mirror
  Historical mailing list - Kirk Hockin
  Mon, 5 Apr 2004 01:45:27 -0700
  I have an '83 Westy and had to replace the left side mirror recently (the old one was not standing up to the wind...
• Re: Convex right side mirror: Do they exist&do you like?
  Historical mailing list - Vanman
  Sat, 16 Jan 1999 08:56:08 -0800
  ...One tip, before you permanently attach the mirror, try taping it on at different spots on the mirror and try some basic parking maneuvers...
• Re; Permanent Door Mirror Repair
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Tue, 23 Nov 2004 08:03:36 -0600
  ...Mount the mirror to the door. Adjust the mirror to taste. Remove the mirror and tighten the bolt down. Install the mirror. It will...
• Re: electric mirror trouble...SOLVED!
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 2 Jun 2005 13:14:00 -0600
  From working in a shop, almost every power mirror failure was the wiring breaking. The most common break was actually just inside the vanagon...
• Re: Friday Trivia Question, Westy Owners Only
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 1 Feb 2013 20:14:23 -0800
  I have 5 mirrors - 2 outside rear view, one inside rear view, one (occasionally used) wardrobe door mirror, and one vanity mirror on passenger...
• Re: Driver-side rear-view mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Ivan Boyd
  Thu, 21 Aug 1997 07:58:05 -0700
  Mine has been having the same problem and I've purchased brand new mirrors with the same results. I wondering if the mirrors that...
• Side Mirror Surfaces
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Tue, 19 Oct 2010 21:03:42 -0700
  Hello, I finally had to replace my side mirrors on my vanagon and I did so with convex on both sides. This has been...
• Keeping mirrors in place
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:54:07 -0700
  The mirrors on my 84 were like yours..I did the fix mentioned below which worked for a while. But they aren't designed...
• Re: Whats with the Side Mirrors?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Rotblatt
  Sat, 2 Jul 2011 14:12:36 -0700
  Well, that's probably the problem - cheap mirrors. $20 from amazon @. You get what you pay for I guess. I'll try a piece...
• wind noise
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Mon, 23 Jun 1997 11:31:30 EST
  Can anyone else corroborate my "findings"? I recently swapped the stock mirrors on my early Vanagon for little Tornado mirrors. This weekend's 2...
• Convex mirror dot placement
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:21:48 -0700
  Any opinions on best location (and size) of those convex mirror dots?� � This is for power mirrors.� They were�on my old (non-power...
• Re: Power Mirrors don't work
  Historical mailing list - Russ Ottey
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 21:17:36 +0000
  Check to see if the mirror switch in your door panel became separated from its connector inside the door. It happens.... > I have a...
• Re: Re; Permanent Door Mirror Repair
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 23 Nov 2004 12:02:12 -0500
  ...Snug the bolt down. >>Mount the mirror to the door. >>Adjust the mirror to taste. >>Remove the mirror and tighten the bolt down. >>Install...
• Mirror replacement in non-power side mirror - possible?
  Historical mailing list - Peter Lapp
  Sun, 21 Nov 2010 11:00:56 -0600
  Hey all, Is it possible to replace the mirror/glass in a non-power side mirror? I have a new mirror from Van-Cafe...
• Re: Does a broken mirror bring bad luck?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Arbaugh
  Sun, 13 Jan 2002 13:42:35 -0800
  What I've seen done for fixing the mirrors is not using the hex stud at all. Find a bolt that's about the...
• Re: Convex sde mirror for early Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:45:13 -0700
  ...http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=251857514C Power mirror glass is not the same shape or size. Besides, the power mirror glass by itself...
• Re: How do I remove the mirror glass from the mirror ,in standard , non power ,outside mirrors?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 10 Nov 2006 07:49:46 -0800
  I have extra (early year) mirrors if you break yours. I just had one apart (I broke it) and I still could not see...
• Re: OOPS!!!! Anyone got a drivers side mirror?
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Sun, 8 Oct 2000 17:47:21 -0400
  ...OOPS!!!! Anyone got a drivers side mirror? > Hi, > Thought I'd spend an hour or two working on my Westy, > the mirrors fold in...
• power mirror problem
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sun, 14 Sep 2003 11:40:26 -0700
  ...The left mirror works well, the right mirror not, as above, causing clicks in the LEFT mirror. This is a clean, pampered van, inside...
• Re: of mice and mirrors
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Feb 2013 12:58:19 -0500
  ...My mirror problem is not that the mirrors droop. My mirrors are motorized. They respond poorly, though they do respond. That is, press the...
• FS: Vanagon power mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Wed, 9 Feb 2005 13:00:15 -0500
  Since I can't seem to sell my Syncro, I'll sell some power mirrors instead! These are the factory power/heated mirrors, in...
• Re: Need passenger-side mirror.
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 29 Jan 2006 20:18:31 -0800
  On 1/29/06, Jean-Woo Kim <jkim.phd@gmail.com> wrote: > The passenger-side power mirror on my 87 Westy is broken and...
• Blind spot mirrors
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Tue, 5 Feb 2002 13:19:51 -0800
  Chris wrote > > "The PO put one of those convex mirrors on the passenger side power mirror on my 86 Syncro. Well, I hate those...
• Re: Re; Permanent Door Mirror Repair
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 23 Nov 2004 09:25:57 -0700
  Over 600,000 miles on Vanagons, and I've never had a complaint about my mirrors. I've removed them and snugged them down...
• Drivers mirrors for sale...Re: 87 Drivers side mirror needed
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Mar 2003 11:03:41 EST
  ...I recall reading about a remote > control/electric version but what would really interest me is a fold-away > mirror option. Was there a...
• Re: Power Mirror Glass Removal
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 10 Sep 2003 05:18:21 -0700
  --- John Rodgers <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET> wrote: > Can someone tell me how to remove the glass from the > right hand power mirror on an...
• autobahn mirror review
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Sun, 28 Mar 2004 08:17:47 GMT
  Have an autobahn mirror that I just got.. and I am loving it.. its stunning to see what I couldn't see before, and...
• power mirror repair
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 5 Oct 2011 20:22:38 -0700
  story with pics of my fumbling resurrection of two power mirrors. http://shufti.wordpress.com/2011/10/05/vanagon-power-mirror-repair/ alistair
• Re: Speaking of mirrors (was painting)
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
  Thu, 25 Mar 1999 15:55:23 -0800
  ...From the front inside rear view mirror, I can only see about 100 feet behind the van. This appears to be a design "feature...
• West Coast Mirrors on vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Captain Ray
  Fri, 12 Nov 1999 20:37:43 -0800
  ...Any one had experience putting on these type of mirrors. They look like generic sets you can get from FLAPS (West Coast Mirrors?). Any...
• Side mirror comparisons & questions
  Historical mailing list - daniel hansen
  Thu, 20 Mar 2003 11:31:48 -0700
  Ed What did you find out? He posted some questions about side mirror options. He asked about some remote control mirrors. My van isn...
• Re: electric mirror trouble...
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 29 May 2005 21:42:10 -0800
  ...Since it's happening on both sides, I reckon your mirror motors are OK. > The switch can be set for left or right mirror...
• Re: Warning: Don't buy cheap exterior mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 6 May 2002 07:54:54 -0700
  ...Don't buy cheap exterior mirrors > My fix for sloppy mirrors was to put a bead of epoxy around the ball > joint, between the...
• Re: Re; Permanent Door Mirror Repair
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Tue, 23 Nov 2004 17:45:17 -0800
  At 09:50 AM 11/23/2004, you wrote: >many of the Vanagons I see on the road show this same situation; left mirror...
• Re: Replacing Outside mirror glass
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 12 Jul 1997 02:38:17 -0400 (EDT)
  ...The local junkyard was all out (gave me the broken one free) and the dealer seems unable to order left side mirrors (the keep...
• Re: 84 westy mirror
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Tue, 6 Jun 2000 02:09:53 EDT
  ...Another option is the after market full convex mirror add-ons that attach to the top or the bottom of your outside mirror. They...
• Mirror movement FIX
  Historical mailing list - SpaceKommander
  Thu, 13 Jul 2000 17:25:20 -0500
  OK, I think my fix took care of the tendency of the side mirrors to get rattled or blown out of adjustment. I removed...
• Re: Proper side mirrors?
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Wed, 7 Jun 2006 14:36:40 +0100
  you can buy the lt mirrors at http://www.syncro-bernd-jaeger.de/ENGLISH/Spezialitaten/spezialitaten.html afaik they ship internationally. the mirrors are...
• Re: %^#%^* power mirror removal!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Mon, 24 May 2010 20:31:41 -0400
  ...Someone sent me instructions to find the > metal tabs holding the mirror in and bend them back, releasing the mirror. > > The only tabs I...
• Where can I get stainless steel screws for mirrors?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 31 Mar 2017 21:40:27 +0000
  The older style of manual mirrors where you can see the fasteners in the mirror base. Thanks, Jim
• Re: Power Mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Thu, 18 Sep 2014 08:06:49 -0300
  ...While you were writing your response, I did discover the release leaver, but once I had removed the mirror was a little disappointed with...
• Re: electric mirror trouble...
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 30 May 2005 01:47:39 -0400
  ...Power/heated mirrors don't work. Need the lists help to > troubleshoot further. > > The 6 wires going into the drivers door (4 to the...
• Re: Mirror glass for fiberglass mirrors
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 2 May 2006 12:17:27 -0700
  > Is the $78 option for mirror glass from bus depot the only way to go? > Can one just go to a glass company and...
• Re: Mirrors Floppy Fix
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 2 Nov 2006 14:18:25 -0800
  --- Stephen DeMocko <SDeMocko@FDSMFG.COM> wrote: > My passenger side mirror is starting to exhibit the same problem. I > think your idea about using an...
• Re: Replacing glass in an '83 mirror
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Mon, 5 Apr 2004 10:00:54 -0400
  Kirk, I just did that to replace a mirror that someone broke for no reason. Had another with a snapped off adjustment nut and...
• Re: PASSENGER MIRROR??
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Tue, 24 Jul 2001 07:29:01 EDT
  ...Which side mirror is the listee looking for anyway? BenT
• Installing power mirrors on vanagon & PM FS (wasRe: Permanent Door Mirror
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Nov 2004 12:05:13 EST
  ...they are easily adjustable by just carefully pushing on the mirror glass, to adjust the mirror to desired angle. they fold flat against the...
• Vanagon Mirror replacement Option
  Historical mailing list - Tim
  Tue, 2 Oct 2007 20:05:04 -0400
  ...There was one set of FJ mirrors on Ebay, but they went for nearly $300 . I then looked up the Hummer mirrors and there...
• Re: Side Mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  28 Jan 1997 08:50:42 -0800
  Karen in London, OH asked how to tighten up the side mirrors. Because others may wist to know as well I am making this...
• Re: Those damn door mirrors...
  Historical mailing list - walt spak
  Tue, 10 Aug 1999 17:04:32 -0700
  Sean, I replaced the mirrors on my 84 GL with "Baby West Coast" mirrors from J.C. Whitney. These mirrors are stainless steel and...
• Re: Blind spot mirrors
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Wed, 6 Feb 2002 07:57:32 -0500
  I have a LARGE (4"x6") rectangular convex stuck on the right hand mirror, and a 3" round one on the left. The right...
• Re: Passenger Mirror Again
  Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
  Tue, 5 Aug 2003 08:39:10 -0500
  Ms.Karen, Try this for a good solution for this all the time mirror being loose. Take mirror off Vehicle. wrap arm with rag...
• WHO HAD THE MIRROR?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 2 Mar 1996 20:09:01 -0500 (EST)
  Hello All, I a must apologize I spoke with someone in the group who had a mirror glass for an outside mirror that they...
• Re: Non-remote Mirror fix (yet another method)
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Thu, 14 Jan 1999 12:39:35 -0700
  I just noticed that some PO of my '82 diesel van appears to have had a mirror stud pull out, and solved the problem...
• Re: 84 westy mirror
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 6 Jun 2000 10:34:26 -0400
  > There are Vanagon passenger side mirrors that are convex. I.E. > the ones that say "objects in the mirror are closer than they appear...
• Re: Power mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Sun, 1 Jun 2003 02:50:43 +0200
  Power mirrors just for the look??? For $200 these mirrors cost in Germany, everybody would try to get them working... Raimund ----- Original Message ----- From...
• Re: loose mirror no more
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 27 Jan 2004 06:43:07 -0800
  ...loose mirror no more > Thanks all... > > My mirror is sturdy again...easy fix with no problems at all! No more > worries about changing lanes...
• Convex right side mirror: Do they exist&do you like?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Sat, 16 Jan 1999 11:25:50 EST
  Hello all-- Did the Vanagon ever come with non-electric convex outside right door-mounted mirrors. The kind that says "objects in the mirror...
• Re: Outside mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Brenda Zendzian
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 05:14:27 -1000
  Remove the mirror from the and tighten the bolt;t in the base. Pete peterz@gte.net -----Original Message----- From: ghamburg <ghamburg@VOM.COM...