Rear view mirror

[Steve C]

need to remove my rear view mirror, so as i can get to my worn out front section of head lining, i cant see any securing screws etc does the arm just prise off or is there any hidden securing clips ?
any help would be great, car is a 1974 v8 auto. thanks Steve.

 

[harveyp6]

That should be a safety mirror designed to come off in the event of something (your head) hitting it in an accident, and there is a spring clip and tongue and you either a] pull the mirror stem body down then out, or b] the other way around, I can't remember which way offhand. ISTR whatever you do they don't break. (Famous last words......)

 

[Steve C]

Thanks Harvey, you were spot on, mine was up then out, because of the strong spring it was much harder to replace. many thanks Steve.

 

[jp928]

My mirror is one of the breakaway type, and have had it off and back on chasing the aerial issue. the body is prone to smalll vibrations that eventually moves it far enough to need readjusting. anybody know if/how this can be fixed please? Cant see anything obvious.
thanks

 

[jp928]

Run last week showed the mirror moving off line by itself again. The ball joint feels firm enough to be normal. When I grabbed the stem it was easy to move sideways, possibly contributing to the mirror vibrating off line. I pullled the whole thing off, and could see some polish marks where the base was rubbing on a screw head. tightened that screw up. then I added a piece of thin card to the back of the base - bit difficult to refit, but got there in the end. next run we'll see if it helps. I refitted it by engaging the lower lip in the hole, and pushed the movable tongue down with a screwdriver - dont have the strength in my shoulders to apply brute force anymore.

 

[jp928]

Mirror still develops a fine vibration that blurs its images. Its the 372339 dipping type, whic is not visible on the web at all.
?

 

[chrisw]

I had a dipping type, and just couldn't tighten it. Managed to find another, with the light built in.

 

[Objective]

Our interior mirror does the job of providing the swivel pin location for the sun visors, or at least it doesn't quite! The hole formed by the roof fitting bracket and the mirror body both should form half the hole each side for the visor pin, but they dont quite line up. This means our visors cant be located so "hang loose" on the inboard end.
Does anyone know if we have mismatched fitting and interior mirror, or some other reason the pin hasn't a full, round hole to locate in?
We're the export 1971 2000 TC manufactured in Seot 1970 specifically for export to Greece.
I wonder if anyone knows why and if we would change the interior mirror - where do I find the part number of our existing mirror/bracket?
Cheers, P
Sorry to resurrect an old thread.

 

[Vern Klukas]

If I’m remembering right, the visor is clamped to the swivel end, and can slide outboard which makes it shorter so it misses the mounting lugs onthe mirror.

Yours
Vern

 

[mikecoombs]

Your remembering right Vern, The two ends of the visor have rods inserted and either can slide endwise so the inside visor end is too short to reach the clip. You just need to pull them out a bit.
It is possible though that the car has a late model visor designed for the later model of mirror whose base was wider and an early, narrow base. You can still adjust the rod as above though as the rods are both 4 -6" long

 

[Objective]

I'll take a look and post a photo of the wide/narrow base and rods when I get back to the Rover. Thanks all for now.

 

[Objective]

Well, we've had a look, and then a rather cack-handed approach resulted in these photos attached.
It works, but clearly our roof bracket was made to fit a << slightly >> different mirror (dipping mech included!) We drilled - but it was tricky.
It works, so now both visor 'spigots' engage in the mirror assembly, so all is well.
Thanks for the help good people.