Date:         Thu, 30 May 2002 08:34:38 -0700
Reply-To:     Edward Nutter <eanutter@POSTOFFICE.PACBELL.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Edward Nutter <eanutter@POSTOFFICE.PACBELL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Flopping side mirrors ... the rest of the story
Comments: To: Larry Chase <lchase@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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Duct tape is the Force.  It has a light side, a dark side, and binds the
universe together.

Larry Chase wrote:

>Folks,
>
>Recently installed a new pair of OE side mirrors on my 85.
>
>Although I snugged them down pretty good, the first Highway gust pinned
>their ears back but good.
>
>No problem .... I have followed the Mirror threads ....... take them apart,
>scuff, sand, gouge and a general roughing up of various interfacing parts
>will do the trick .... NOT.
>
>Back go the ears again.
>
>The wheels inside the noggin begin turning, never a pretty sight and always
>a dangerous end result.
>
>Something sticky applied to those same surfaces is what the situation needs,
>me thinks.
>
>Sugar water, Pepsi, Glue?
>
>An experiment ..... one mirrors innards get a light coating of RTV ....
>sticky, not hard.
>
>The other gets its innards stuck on a piece of Duct Tape and rubbed around
>on the glue.
>
>And the winner is ..... based on onesdays' commute, back and forth, with a
>stiff head wind ...... DUCT TAPE.
>
>Yes Friend and Foe ..... once again the miracle of Duck Tape comes to the
>rescue.
>
>I kid you not.
>
>Larry Chase
>85 Westy "RoadHaus"
>CA soon to be AZ
>