N/s Door Mirror Not Working

[chazhead]

Hi all, new to the site but thought I would share the problem I had with the N/S door mirror not working, either adjuster or heater.

 

On investigation of the mirrror I discovered all the wires had been cut and taped up!!

 

Further investigation showed a large self tapping screw had been put in and was stopping the mirror from folding as well. I guess that at some point the mirror had been knocked off the car ripping the wires apart, whoever had put it back together had used the self tapper to hold the mirror onto the frame and had just taped the wires up.

 

The length of wire from the door was of a sufficent length to work with but the wires from inside the mirror were just to short to do anything with, this is how I fixed it.

 

1) On the underside of the door mirror there is a black plastic cover, remove this carefully with a flat bladed screwdriver.

 

2) Open the door and remove the two plastic gromets on the inside of the door where the mirror sits.

 

3) Remove the two Torx head bolts that sit in these holes. MAKE SURE THE MIRROR IS SUPPORTED BEFORE DOING SO

 

4) Plave a cloth on your work surface and lay the mirror unit on it, then CAREFULLY unclip the painted back of the mirror from the main frame, I used a stiff plastic spatular so as not to damage the paint.

 

5) Pull what remains of the wires back up the small round hole they go through, you may have to cut back the plastic cover that the wires sit in.

 

6) There are five wires, blue, black, white, red/black and brown. I made 10" lengths of new wire from an old loom I had kicking about and scotch locked and heat shrinked these wires onto the originals.

 

7) There is enough room in the mirror cavity to accomdate the scotch locks, guide the new wires back down the guide hole of the mirror and CAREFULLY reattach the painted cover.

 

8) Reattach the mirror to the door making sure that the wires and shroud from the door pass through the rubber gromit on the back of the mirror.

 

9) As close as you can get to the where the wire from the door comes out the bottom of the mirror, scotch lock and heat shrink the new wires to their corresponding one from the door.

 

10) push the wires and scotch lock up into the small void at the bottom of the mirror, they do all fit, and re fit the cover.

 

11) Test mirror, feel smug.

 

Sorry if this is a bit noddy but I don't know what level of instruction you guys normally use so if it's a sucking eggs thing I do appologise.

 

Cheers all.