Just to be clear on this, your van has the black, manually adjustable
mirrors, with a ball and socket where they meet the doors, yes?  And
when you look at the mirror part, they're tall and narrow, not short and
wide?  If they appear to be the correct mirrors, but are wider than they
are tall, than someone has put them on the wrong (opposite) doors,
perhaps thinking that they would look "cool" that way...

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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
Of Richard Kunkel
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 7:21 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: 84 Westfalia outside mirrors

Searching for wisdom!

My local repair shop in Spokane, WA can't figure this one out either.
The right
(passenger) side front door mirror cannot be adjusted - no matter where
the
driver (left) seat is - to see properly along the right side of the
Vanagon from
the driver's seat.  Ordering a new mirror from VW yields an identical
mirror.
The mirrors on both sides are also struck by the vent windows upon
opening - as
though the mirrors are not quite mounted correctly.  As far as we know
the car
has never had body work on the doors.  We know the original owner.

Any ideas?  Is it possible this was outfitted with doors made for a
right-side
driver configuration?  That theory does not seem to work, because when I
sit in
the right seat, I can't see correctly out of the left-side mirror.  And
when I
am in the driver's seat, my driver's side mirror reflects quite properly
along
the left side.

I don't know if this might be a clue, but the dashboard does sport the
"Silver
Socket" connector, and the dash has a big analogue clock where the
tachometer
would be in other models (like my 85).  The van also has a larger
steering wheel
and no power steering (as compared with my 85).

Any help would be appreciated.

Dick Kunkel
rkunkel@kpbx.org