Fitting inside rearview mirror

[Don Phil]

In my '92 S-Special the current mirror is very weathered and has seen better days, have bought another off a famous auction site and am just wondering about fitting it, as mine has a cover on, under which i assume are a couple of screws holding the mirror on? any ideas how to get said cover off without knackering it...

Cheers, Phil

[Glassman]

Not sure what you mean by 'cover'. Any chance of posting a pic?

[Oldandslow]

Early ones have mirror fitted to frame above windscreen. Later ones are bonded onto windscreen.

[Don Phil]

I'll try get a pic over the weekend.

Its fixed to the roof, not windscreen.
By 'cover', i mean you cant see any screws to undo, it just looks neat. Cant say i've ever paid any attention to how they're fixed on before when i've been in one!

[Glassman]

In that case, it should be a spring-loaded pin which locks it into the roof. The idea is that if you knock the mirror assembly, it will detach itself from the roof rather that break or damage the car.

[Don Phil]

found pics of these:

this on is what i have on at the moment (or what it looks like anyhow)



and a pic of the fixing:



and this is what i have bought...

[DennisTheMenace]

Pop the plastic cover off the base and there is 2 phillips screws , undo them and your away .

[Don Phil]

DennisTheMenace said:

Pop the plastic cover off the base and there is 2 phillips screws , undo them and your away .

Cheers, thats what i thought. I'll have a look at the weekend if i can catch my friend when they arent out driving it!

[vrooom]

You need to undo the big screw in middle to realese the clip. then you join two togother, then screw the bolt down.

[DennisTheMenace]

? Why ?

You remove the plastic cover with a flatblade screw driver and undo the 2 phillips screws , which you can see the holes for them in the last pic .

[vrooom]

You need to do it if you want to attach the yellow block to mirror.

[DennisTheMenace]

Ahh gotcha, didnt notice that

[Don Phil]

cheers guys, tatty mirror removed & nice one fitted.

shame someone has reversed into front of the car and cracked the number plate plinth Something else to look at sometime!