Very nice. Don’t you just love when you can rescue something like this for minimal effort and expense?
-D > On Apr 28, 2020, at 3:09 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I went with Max to LKQ Saturday to snag some bits, one of which was a pass > mirror for the $600E320 as it was flopping around and the glass was about to > fall out too. > > Took the old one apart and discovered the inside spring attachment point, a > little tab part of the pot metal casting, was broken off. Bah no joy there. > Took the “new” apart, same issue. Bah, it looked ok at the yard. So no joy. > > Decided to bodge up a fix to the one on the car. There was enough metal > around where the tab was that I could drill out a hole on either side of > where the tab had been. Cut about an inch off a galvanized finish nail and > slipped it through the holes then hooked the spring end over that with a bit > of persuasion! Joy! > > Got the glass reattached too, it had popped out of the retainer spring so > that was easy. > > I guess I’ll keep the “new “ mirror if I need a spare and can fix it too. > > You can see the broken-off tab and the nail. It is a crappy part and clearly > not well-engineered for the job, that spring is strong and the pot metal is > not. > > <image0.jpeg> > > --R > Sent from iPhone_______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
