Yes fersher and this will actually be better and stronger. I could be a Benz Mirror Engineer. As complicated as the whole assembly is one might think that would have been the first solution
--FT Sent from iPhone > On Apr 28, 2020, at 4:20 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
