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• Re: mirrors/85 vanagon gl
  Historical mailing list - JordanVw
  Sat, 21 Mar 1998 02:30:50 EST
  In a message dated 98-03-20 10:58:28 EST, lgirard@BMTS.COM writes: << The glass in both mirrors is beginning to erode...
• Power mirror help needed.-
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 1 Mar 2002 21:03:14 -0600
  ...Power mirror help needed. > > > Volks, > > The wiring diagrams in the Bentley's suck in regard to the power mirrors. > > I have a right side...
• Re: of mice and mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 7 Feb 2013 12:04:33 -0600
  ...Eastern Standard Time, > mcneely4@COX.NET writes: > > My mirror problem is not that the mirrors droop. My mirrors are > motorized. They respond poorly, though...
• Re: electric mirror trouble...SOLVED!
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Wed, 1 Jun 2005 21:45:26 -0700
  My mirror problem is solved. First the wires were all broken between the drivers door and the dash. I replaced them. I tested the...
• Re: Mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Redford
  Mon, 19 Sep 94 19:39:18 PDT
  > > Does anyone know if there is a concave (magnifying) mirror replacement for > the right side mirror on '80 Vanagons? I'm getting really tired...
• Re: mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sun, 21 Nov 2004 14:36:56 -0700
  I have power mirrors and love them. Have never had a problem with them being blown out of place. There is a spring-loaded...
• Re: Blind spot mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 30 Jan 2003 16:51:16 EST
  Mark, Why don't you just install a fullsize convex mirror on the pasenger side? They are available for both power and non-power...
• Re: Blind spot mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Tue, 5 Feb 2002 18:18:21 EST
  Willaim-- I have the small rectangular convex mirror on the lower inside corner of both passenger and driver's side mirrors on my bus...
• Re: 84 Westfalia outside mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Richard Kunkel
  Sun, 10 Feb 2002 14:05:43 -0800
  Several respondants to my problem with outside mirrors on my 84 Westy hit the nail right on the head. I swapped mirrors to the...
• Re: Re; Permanent Door Mirror Repair
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Tue, 23 Nov 2004 12:38:49 -0600
  ...In both my Vanagons, including the one where I replaced the >right-side mirror with a BD OEM mirror, the right-side mirrors have...
• VWOA parts # thanks/Jetta mirror FS
  Historical mailing list - Tracey
  Thu, 7 Nov 2002 19:35:18 -0500
  Thanks to all the listees who helped me solve the mystery-mirror dilema! Turns out it is not for any model Vanagon after all...
• passenger electric mirror not working, continued
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Sun, 27 Jan 2002 18:05:45 -0500
  Volks, I moved the mirror by hand and motor did not engage....also when i select r on the mirror switch, i hear a...
• Re: power mirror question
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 2 Dec 2006 14:46:33 -0800
  On 12/2/06, Jason Willenbrock <pooncerelli@hotmail.com> wrote: > hey all, > can you retro fit non power mirrors on the door where power...
• need power mirror help
  Historical mailing list - DAVID MOST
  Wed, 29 Apr 1998 12:58:55 -0700
  I just noticed my right side power mirror (just the mirror, not the big housing) was leaning horizontally being held only by the two...
• Rear view mirror success almost.
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 27 Mar 2024 15:12:18 -0400
  ...I had some mirror bits and wanted to to try to create a healthy brown rear view mirror. I took a stem and froze...
• Passenger side power mirror needed, or trade for drivers side
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 Jun 1998 01:08:59 EDT
  need pass side power mirror. i have like 3 drivers side Power mirrors, but no pass side ones.. got one? chris
• repairing busted off power mirrors....
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Jun 2006 13:40:34 EDT
  the other day i was transporting a vanagon door with the power mirror still attached.. i had it folded back against the door, but...
• Rare Side View Mirror
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sun, 4 Dec 2011 14:51:44 +0000
  Also yesterday at the boneyard I found a drivers side mirror that had the longer part horizontal rather than vertical. Wow, I thought, never...
• Re: power mirror repair
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 7 Oct 2011 19:13:30 -0400
  ...story with pics of my fumbling resurrection of two power mirrors. http://shufti.wordpress.com/2011/10/05/vanagon-power-mirror-repair/ alistair awesome...
• Side view mirrors, was: cheap exterior mirrors
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Mon, 6 May 2002 10:06:31 -0400
  Bill wrote: "By the way, how many people out there have their side mirrors aimed to the rear, just like the rear view mirror...
• Fw: Fw: Breakdown on the side of the door (Broken power mirror)
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Sun, 6 Dec 1998 02:25:57 -0600
  Charles "Luke" Lukey wrote on 12-5-98 at 5:45 PM: >> The passenger's side mirror on my '88 Wolfsburg Ed Vanagon is...
• Re: Driver-side rear-view mirrors
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Aug 1997 10:38:37 -0600
  Well if this is the ball and socket type mirror, are you sure the socket is not cracking? You tighten it cracks, you tighten...
• Re: Vanagon Mirror replacement Option
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Wed, 3 Oct 2007 17:37:40 -0700
  Ben, Did you look at those H3 mirrors on eBay? You definitely do not want those monstrosities on your doka. Remember, you have those...
• WTB: heated mirror heater
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 19 Sep 1998 06:23:20 -0400
  I'm looking for the heater element from the right side heated mirror for my '87 Westy. Dealer price which includes the mirror of...
• Mirror for skylight !
  Historical mailing list - TSG
  Thu, 2 Dec 2004 10:03:15 -0800
  As I was backing out my drive way I gat to close to the old apple tree witch I busted off my mirror opus...
• Beware of Vanagon mirror problem
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Wed, 1 Mar 2006 10:08:40 -0500
  If you are getting your non-power mirrors from the dealer (like I do) double check them before you take them home. I have...
• Need right mirror for 84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - George Averill
  Mon, 22 Jul 2002 18:28:04 -0400
  Anyone have a used outside mirror for sale? I just broke mine. Plastic froze up and I broke the mirror trying to adjust it...
• WANTED: PAIR OF VANAGON POWER MIRRORS
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Feb 2003 01:43:18 EST
  ...looking for a good pair of vanagon power mirrors.. anyone parting out a van w/ pwr mirrors? please p-mail me thanks chris
• Power mirror tips (long)...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Sat, 21 Jul 2001 11:29:36 -0700
  For those contemplating the addition or replacement of Vanagon power mirrors, I just added one to my '87 to replace the PO's stock...
• Re: repost: anyone taken a power mirror appart and back again?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 2 Oct 2001 11:42:47 -0300
  This happened to me (on a 91 - power - defroster mirrors). Do you know how to remove the mirror part? This is covered in the...
• rear view mirrors - samba thread
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:27:55 -0700
  lots of ideas here, and if you follow thread to second page, there is a pic of the long stalk mirror that was installed...
• westy mirror tightening
  Historical mailing list - roch roch
  Sat, 24 Jun 2000 14:17:18 PDT
  The passenger side mirror on 84 westy moves with any wind or truck passing me by. Is there a way to tighten mirror? I...
• Re: Rear view mirror....84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Carlen, Gregg
  Wed, 11 Apr 2001 09:40:22 -0400
  ...I bought a $6 wrap-around mirror that attaches directly to my existing mirror. I pointed my existing mirror downward, then attached the wrap...
• Re: 84 Westfalia outside mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Mike Moery
  Sun, 10 Feb 2002 10:28:33 -0900
  Just to be clear on this, your van has the black, manually adjustable mirrors, with a ball and socket where they meet the doors...
• Re: Driver-side rear-view mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Richard Dunsheath
  Wed, 20 Aug 1997 16:34:52 -0600
  > Does anyone have any ideas on how to keep the driver-side rear-view mirror > from closing up against the van body at freeway...
• Re: Glass for Heated Elect Mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Thu, 3 May 2001 09:47:06 -0400
  Hi, How do you know if the mirrors are heated? Do you have an extra dashboard switch for this function, or does it come...
• Rearview mirror
  Historical mailing list - Silvia Carranza
  Wed, 17 Sep 2014 18:02:25 -0700
  The actual rear view mirror fell off the swivel. Does anyone know where to buy a rear view mirror for my 86 Vanagon? Bus...
• Power Mirrors don't work
  Historical mailing list - Steve Mozurkewich
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 16:19:16 -0700
  ...The mirrors worked at one time, now they don't. Any ideas what it could be? Both the driver and passanger side mirrors. Steve
• power mirror fixed; thanks
  Historical mailing list - DAVID MOST
  Sun, 3 May 1998 18:09:17 -0700
  Thanks to all those who suggested ways to fix the power mirror. I couldn't find any missing screws or other mounting hardware. So...
• Re: Power Mirrors - Again
  Historical mailing list - karl
  Wed, 27 Oct 1999 14:01:36 -0400
  The mirror glass is interchangeable. You local dealer should be able to get the flat one (just don't tell them you want the...
• Re: Beware of Vanagon mirror problem
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Thu, 2 Mar 2006 12:16:32 -0800
  ...Beware of Vanagon mirror problem > actually its a supply and demand thing.. > most people break off their passenger side > mirrors rather than the drivers...
• Re: Vanagon Mirror replacement Option
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 3 Oct 2007 17:07:14 -0700
  ...Power mirrors are on Ebay all the time as mirror switches. I've bought one on the Ebay as low as $25 each. They...
• Re: Mirrors Floppy Fix
  Historical mailing list - Stephen DeMocko
  Thu, 2 Nov 2006 12:55:13 -0800
  Tom, Yes, when you add the washer the mirror is still adjustable. I remember it feeling like the perfect amount of drag or tension...
• loose mirror no more
  Historical mailing list - Dylan Kahler
  Mon, 26 Jan 2004 21:19:08 -0800
  ...My mirror is sturdy again...easy fix with no problems at all! No more worries about changing lanes on the freeway with a bum...
• RE: Vanagon Manual Mirror Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 08 Nov 96 21:28:02 CST
  ...Has anybody upgraded a manual mirror Vanagon to electric = >mirrors? If so, is it relative straight forward, i.e. any gotchas'? yup. did it...
• Re: Mirror replacement in non-power side mirror - possible?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 21 Nov 2010 16:05:03 -0500
  At 11:00 AM 11/21/2010 -0600, Peter Lapp wrote: >Hey all, > >Is it possible to replace the mirror/glass in a non...
• Re: Power mirror tips (long)...
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 24 Jul 2001 02:51:47 EDT
  ...then i put a glove on my hand, and held the mirror by the base, and sprayed it, keeping the mirror moving to prevent...
• Re: Mirror glass for fiberglass mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 4 May 2006 08:46:19 -0500
  joe trussell wrote: > I bought some power mirrors off of an '87 and both mirrors have that > discoloration on the edges. > > The mechanic who...
• Re: power mirrors
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 4 Mar 2005 11:40:15 EST
  ...as far as the mirror glass, yes you can remove it easily. its held in by tabs..i think the mirror glass removal is...
• Re: PASSENGER MIRROR??
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Tue, 24 Jul 2001 07:35:53 EDT
  Oops! He said passenger mirror on the subject line. Then again if he's in the UK or OZ, the passenger side would be...
• Re: Vanagon Mirror replacement Option
  Historical mailing list - Tim
  Wed, 3 Oct 2007 18:44:58 -0400
  ...and most Vanagon power mirrors are made of unobtanium! JordanVw@aol.com wrote: > i guess installing some power mirrors off a late model vanagon...
• Driver-side rear-view mirrors
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Aug 1997 10:10:50 -0400 (EDT)
  Does anyone have any ideas on how to keep the driver-side rear-view mirror from closing up against the van body at freeway...
• Re: dash mounted rear view mirror?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 15 Jul 2003 00:31:03 -0400
  <snip> >has anyone attempted to attach or mount a rear view > mirror on their dash? While I might not be able to see the...
• Re: VW Mirror
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Olson
  Sat, 15 Apr 2006 10:25:55 -0600
  ...West Coast mirrors on my '64 splittie. I got > them from JC Whitney. As to seeing to the rear, they were quite > effective. > > Of...
• Re: Removing Power mirrors, outside only method
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:52:54 -0700
  Another way is to leave the door panel intact, remove the power window glass, (flip tab up or down in center of mirror between...
• Re: How to keep mirrors in place
  Historical mailing list - Clint Kolda
  Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:15:52 -0700
  ...The 10mm nut holding the mirrors together attaches to a hex shaped stud that is press fit into the main mirror body. Over the...
• Glass Only for Power Mirror
  Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
  Fri, 4 Jun 2004 12:42:22 -0400
  Is there a way....or source....to replace the glass part ONLY for power mirrors....dropped mine and broke the glass but rest of...
• Mirror glass for fiberglass mirrors
  Historical mailing list - River Clan
  Tue, 2 May 2006 11:44:14 -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: Vanagon Mirror replacement Option -- Pictures Posted online
  Historical mailing list - Tim
  Sun, 7 Oct 2007 14:45:31 -0400
  I posted the pictures of the drivers side H3 Mirror installation on my van. I created a folder on Flickr. Just search for H3...
• Re: Beware of Vanagon mirror problem
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 2 Mar 2006 13:57:17 -0500
  > actually its a supply and demand thing.. > most people break off their passenger side > mirrors rather than the drivers side ones.. True, although driver...