Date:         Mon, 14 Jan 2019 21:05:05 -0800
Reply-To:     Stacy Schneider <vwcrewman@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stacy Schneider <vwcrewman@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: interior rear view mirror removal
Comments: To: ronald ourada <ronourada@gmail.com>
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  Grab a hold of it and twist it at the base, or just grab a hold and pull
it. they are designed to break away. Re install, just put it in place and
twist it.


                           Stacy

On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 7:58 PM ronald ourada <ronourada@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the you tube link. I'll try it tomorrow. Just trying to come up
> with a solution, I would not have figured that out.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Richard Smith
> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2019 8:52 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: interior rear view mirror removal
>
> If you have a question, YouTube has an answer:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNCYw8I9iq4
>
> This always flabbergasts me when it happens!
>
>
> On 2019-01-14, 6:47 PM, "Vanagon Mailing List on behalf of Julianna
> Thoennes" <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com on behalf of mumbrue@GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
>
>     I’ve taken mine off before. I can’t remember if it twists or slides up
> to come off.  It’s definitely two pieces!
>
>     Julianna
>     1991 VW Vanagon Westfalia (Ophelia)
>
>     Sent from my iPhone
>
>     > On Jan 14, 2019, at 6:30 PM, ronald ourada <ronourada@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>     >
>     > Need to remove rear view mirror and don't know how. Bentley deals
> with side
>     > mirrors and the vanity mirror, but not mirror above windshield. In
> archives,
>     > I found a lot on side view power mirrors, but on rear view mirror
> removal
>     > search, I only found a hit which was asking the same question among
> other
>     > questions. One post talked about twisting the stalk and it would
> come off,
>     > which I didn't quite understand, especially with the windshield
> there.
>     >
>     > So, how does one remove the rear view mirror above windshield without
>     > breaking it, and is putting it back the reverse of removal?
>     >
>     > I appreciate any help. Ron Ourada
>
>

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