Gerald,

        When I fixed my power window wires, I soldered a 3" piece of the most
flexible wire I could find. The extra wire makes an S shape in the boot and
spreads the flex point out as it moves. I used heat shrink tubing to cover
the solder joint.

        If you can, inspect all the other wires at about the same place your mirror
wire is broken. Look for a clean cut around the insulation. I found 4 or 5
more wires that were looking pretty shaky.
Best of luck,

John Meeks
Top of Lower Michigan
91 Westfalia MultiVan

     -----Original Message-----
     From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
     Of Gerald Masar
     Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 9:08 PM
     To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
     Subject: wire splicing

     Good Friday evening,
     After much trial and error, I found the problem with my right
     side power mirror was a
     broken wire in the drivers side  door boot.
     Any suggestions on splicing or otherwise repairing it? I have
     an inch or so of the
     wire going into the door exposed and not much at all of the
     other end going to the
     dash connector.
     I have some crimp-on butt connectors for 18-22AWG wire and
     some Scotch-lok splice
     connectors that look like they are for really small wires.
     Don't know where I got
     them. They are clear plastic with a green top and have
     dielectric grease inside.
     Thanks,
     Jerry