Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 16:12:35 -0800
Reply-To: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Power mirror replacement
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Stacy,
Could you post the link to your Samba page? Searching The Samba for "16cv's" gave me junk.
Thanks!
Stuart
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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Stacy Schneider
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 2:56 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Power mirror replacement
I make those mirrors for GW And VC .
If you look on Samba for "16cv's" in my gallery I actually froze one of those and defrosted it and was almost as fast as a single original piece. Removing that lenses is dicey and you can loose your your heater grid .
They are designed as a lay over ,and I wouldn't do anything else .
Stacy
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 28, 2015, at 2:01 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> There is a rotating clip. Move the clip and the glass assembly heater and all falls out.
>
> Dennis,
> From my phone.
> ________________________________
> From: Nick Feickert<mailto:thesuperflydisco@GMAIL.COM>
> Sent: 1/28/2015 4:52 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM<mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Subject: Power mirror replacement
>
> So, I have a set of power mirrors that I'm gonna install on my 85 Westy.
> O bought a switch off of Samba. I also ordered new mirror glass from
> GoWesty. So after reading about the options of replacing the glass, of
> which most say just stick it over the old glass. Well, ok if you don't
> plan to wire them up. But I figured that if I want the mirrors to
> defrost properly, one pain of glass has to be better than trying to
> defrost through 2 pains of glass....right? So the adventure of
> removing the glass from the passenger side was underway. Changing a
> transmission would have been easier!! How I did it without losing a
> drop of blood I don't know but I did finally succeed!! The process: I
> started with a set of small screwdrivers and a bottle of Goo Gone.
> Cudos to anyone that can do this without busting up the mirror. I
> carefully wedged the screwdrivers between the frame and glass til I
> had a small gap. I then would squirt some Goo Gone to help release the
> very sticky adhesive hold the mirror on. As I worked my way around, I
> had to be careful to seperate the metal contacts from the back of the
> mirror which are the defrosting elements. Be careful as this is in 2
> pieces seperated by 3 little silicon rectangles down the middle. I
> almost lost one which would short out the defroster. Even as I got
> down to the last couple tiny chunks of glass, it was still a SOB!! But
> finally I got it and cleaned up the metal plated with Goo Gone to clean up any left over residue.
> Phewww!! One down, one to go. Do not attempt if you have no patience!!!
> Peace, Nick