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[brummie]

HI guys,I am a new member with my first Porsche.I have just acquired a very nice 1990 944 S2 Cab.I dont even know its proper colour yet.Its red metallic in great condition with only 47k miles.I am just starting to put right a few little issues and would welcome your help.First problem,my nearside wing mirror is loose and flops about on its door brkt.I know how to remove it from the car but can it be repaired?If so,how do you disassemble it.

 

[andy watson]

Hi Brummie, and welcome along Someone will be along soon with the help you need, keep us posted on how you get on with with your new toy Oh and pics are required! []

 

[Mike_Pollock]

Hi and Welcome There are a few reds post a pic (we love pics!) and we'll tell you. The mirrors can come loose and I know the doors are different from the coupes and I'm not sure of what you can and cant do with the glass up/down/in/out , but the mirrors can be sorted ouce you get at them. EMC Motorsport are in Birmingham and know 944s very well if you get stuck. Did I mention we like pictures -

 

[brummie]

Thanks guys for the speedy reply.I never posted pics,so my first job is to sort that.

 

[DC911SC]

hi, I'm not sure about the cabs do they have the save captive bolt / thread set up? If so have you tried tightening the screw that is visible in the bracket when you fold the mirror out towards the bonnet?

 

[tref]

Assuming the cab is the same as the coupe, then it is held down by a single socket head capscrew, visible in the mount when the mirror is rotated forward. If this screen doesn't tighten up or feels like it has stripped the thread, take it out and check the mirror position, that of the screw, and the tapped "barrel" carefully. I have come across more than one "keeps working loose" mirror where the screw has missed the hole, but initially seems secure wedged between where it is supposed to be and the doorskin. If it is the mirror on its mount which is loose, then the spring which holds it together most likely broken. Never bothered to find a solution to this, as a mirror shell of the right colour has always been cheap and easy enough to find to replace it. They have a reputation for coming apart easy enough, but not going back together so! Hope this helps. Tref.

 

[brummie]

Thanks for the infoTref.Your reply is spot on.It is not the mount that is the problem,it is probably a broken spring in the wing mirror assembly.I will take your advice and source a replacement.

 

[tref]

Ok, no problem, but the next problem you will discover is that the connector prevents the loom being fed through the mirror, and it is all part of the door loom. Most people cut and rejoin the loom (to widely varying standards!)... I believe there is a proper pin removing tool (perhaps we should get one for the club?) but I have used a piece of brass tube from a model shop to remove the pins from the connector body and then the wires can be fed through as Porsche intended.