There is a factory solution. Powermirrors. You will find tons of info supporting this on the archives. You don't even need to run them with power or add the 3rd mounting bolt/screw. Just install them on existing holes and adjust manually. I set mine some ten years ago. Haven't had to do anything to them besides wash away spiders who seem to like building their webs on PS mirrors. The housing makes a great hideaway cave.;-)

BenT

sent from my electronic leash

On Sep 5, 2011, at 6:27 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>  My 84s "Flag" stock manual mirror on the driver's side sucks.  I had it
> sort of fixed once, by drilling a small hole through the square post inside
> that is supposed to be the friction axis for the socket.  Mine had pulled
> down from too much tension on the spring....That sort of worked, for a
> little time...but eventually the pin I put through there bent....letting the
> spring post again slip down, losing tension on the spring...allowing that
> irritating mirror to blow back against the window with wind gusts...(and
> there are plenty of wind gusts in the Columbia River Gorge)   So I tried
> peening the socket surface to give it more friction, and epoxied that post
> in after replacing the pin....."Flop!"....it hit the window again tonight.
> 
>  For a while, I had the mirror 'permanently  adjusted' using a hose clamp
> around the base of the mirror stalk and down against the mounting flange
> that screws onto the door....but that was a bit 'Rube Goldberg' appearing,
> even for me who doesn't really need a fancy shiny van...I just don't want
> one that looks too crappy....
> 
>  I don't want to spend $100+ on fancy truck-style mirrors....I actually
> like the Flag Mirrors the vans come with...but they seem to be
> underdesigned.  Surely someone has figured out a way to make them
> stiffer.....Maybe rub them with Viagra or something?
> 
>  Anybody have a trick that works?
> 
>  Don Hanson