Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 18:48:46 -0600
Reply-To: tom ring <taring@TARING.ORG>
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From: tom ring <taring@TARING.ORG>
Organization: Tippen Ringware
Subject: Re: What do I need to do about this mirror!!!
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If the plastic is cracked, I ran into a guy in a beautiful 81 Westy Saturday
with a solution to it. I was pulling out of the world's ugliest strip mall,
and he was pulling in. 2 white westies. I just had to turn around. We got
talking and somehow ended up at my passenger side mirror, which has the same
problem. Solution - remove it, lower the spring pressure by unscrewing that
screw. You'll know what I mean if you remove it. Now put a thin, if you can
find one, hose clamp around it to tighten that cracked plastic back up. Put
some spring pressure back, and, presto chango, it might stay in place. He
recommended wicking locktite into it once it is positioned correctly. I
haven't tried that.
Interesting side note. This gent has an 81 westy with 32000 miles, and, get
this, a brand new engine. Seems he tows it with his big pusher diesel motor
home, and his wife left it in first gear after they hooked it up while getting
ready to leave. He towed it about 10 blocks before they noticed. The motor
home didn't even see the extra drag. How fast would an 81 turn in first gear
at 30 or so?
tom
On 22 Jul 2003 at 22:22, Johnny DeVilla wrote:
> Ok so my Mac runs great, and my Westy runs pretty damn good (boy I am
> glad I work from home), but every few days I throw my surfboard on top,
> head for the beach and wonder, what the hell can I do about the
> passenger mirror.
> I can get it set perfect see all the traffic on the left, then next
> time I want to pass a car(yea there are some drivers that even me in my
> Westy will have to get around) and bam there it is pointed at my
> sliding door. I put one of those nifty concave mirrors on it, and that
> seems to keep me from running people off the rode(this is LA nobody
> looks before changing lanes), but having driven across the US and
> Canada with a Trailer 4 times in a rock and roll band, I kinda got used
> to mirrors.
> Does anyone have a solution to this? Chewing gum, super glue?
> My Hula girl and Tiki are resting comfortably on the dash thanks to the
> magnets (didn't even know it was metal)
>
>
> Johnny
> 81 Westy
>
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Tom Ring K0TAR, ex-WA2PHW EN34hx
taring@taring.org
"It is better to go into a turn slow, and come out fast, than to go into a turn fast
and come out dead." Stirling Moss
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