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Side Mirror
Created on 2008-10-15 04:46:52
Few weeks ago, during the school holidays and on the way to visit the in-laws, we called in at Heritage MG and I bought a new side mirror. I intended to get the 'bullet' style but when we got there I compared it with the more traditional style and because it was lighter and had a bigger glass area, I decided to get the more expensive, rectangular shaped mirror. The part of the door where the mirror went looked a bit like 'swiss-cheese' from past efforts with mirrors and I should have sorted this out much earlier, before painting. I suppose I thought that the base of any mirror I would put there would cover up the holes. Well, they didn't.
I was able to use one hole but there were three others that had to be filled and a new one drilled.
Today I attacked this by using the 'bash and bog' method then repainted and late tonight I put the mirror on. It had a sort of rawlplug type fixing which could be done all from the outside so the door lining didn't have to come off.
I'm not totally convinced that it's terribly secure but it feels pretty good so time will tell.
The only thing I'm a bit 'iffy' about now for Rego. is the hand brake issue that I've mentioned before.
The fix for that apparently is cutting the levers and lengthening them at each rear brake.
I'm not convinced that this is the best solution so I'm exploring alternatives in that area. In the meantime I think I may be able to do a short term fix by removing the spring on the end of the cable which will allow a little more adjustment. This may be enough for the inspection.
The other issues are cosmetic and shouldn't impact on it's roadworthiness.
I was able to use one hole but there were three others that had to be filled and a new one drilled.
Today I attacked this by using the 'bash and bog' method then repainted and late tonight I put the mirror on. It had a sort of rawlplug type fixing which could be done all from the outside so the door lining didn't have to come off.
I'm not totally convinced that it's terribly secure but it feels pretty good so time will tell.
The only thing I'm a bit 'iffy' about now for Rego. is the hand brake issue that I've mentioned before.
The fix for that apparently is cutting the levers and lengthening them at each rear brake.
I'm not convinced that this is the best solution so I'm exploring alternatives in that area. In the meantime I think I may be able to do a short term fix by removing the spring on the end of the cable which will allow a little more adjustment. This may be enough for the inspection.
The other issues are cosmetic and shouldn't impact on it's roadworthiness.
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Mirror from rear
Mirror from front
Mirror from rear
Mirror from front
Summary of Previous Journal Entries
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| Speedo Refresh And LED Dash Lights. | 2008-09-10 | The speedo was pretty much the last important thing to sort out and I ended up pulling it and disassembling it. Was all gunked up with hardened grease. While it was out I th... | ||
| Death Of A Friend | 2008-09-10 | 4 | Peter died early last week and I'm struggling coming to terms with it. A few days ago I wouldn't have been able to write this but I'm getting a little better. The funeral wa... | |
| Glove Box Fabrication | 2008-09-10 | 2 | Mentioned before about a new glove box out of PVC sheet. I thought that I may have been able to make the box a little bigger to make use of some of the space behind the dash... | |
| First Run On The Streets. | 2008-08-27 | 6 | Not legal yet but, went for our first decent drive tonight. Went up the road did a 3 point turn and came back. Checked around the car a bit, checked the tyre pressures and put Davi... | |
| Catch Up And Engine Disaster. | 2008-08-16 | List of things done: Headlight buckets cleaned and painted. Headlights attached, connected and working. Front parkers and indicator lights on and working. | ||
| Door Assembly And Inner Door Handles | 2008-07-09 | On holidays here, so I've got a bit of time to work on the MGB. Dug out the innards of the doors and cleaned them up and re-greased them. Had a few issues with working out h... | ||
| Catchup On The Journal Thing. | 2008-07-02 | 6 | I've done a lot more but haven't recorded here, I've just been through a very busy time at school and the working on the car has been more of a sanity retainer. At this stage I'll ... | |
| Back Shelf Cover & Footwell Panels | 2008-06-03 | 2 | Completed the back shelf by making the centre carpet piece and using hot glue to make the moulded section covering the shock absorber humps on each side. Turned out ok from ... | |
| Little More Behind The Seat And The Centre Console. | 2008-06-01 | The back shelf is a very difficult surface to cover with carpet and one piece has to be removable for battery access. I decided to cover the section just inboard of the wheel arch ... | ||
| Battery Cover And Wheel Arches | 2008-05-28 | 4 | Gave the battery cover an etch with the last of the MetalReady and used up almost all of my PO15 on it. I've done this many times before so I didn't bother with before photo... |
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