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Tim · Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 1:17 pm Post subject: Cable operated wing mirrors

Did anyone ever succesfully repair one of those 'orrible cable operated wing mirrors? I have 2 sets of mirrors and there's a cable broken on all of them! I spent a whole sunday afternoon once trying to repair a cable with some electrical wire and a soldering iron but it still kept snapping, they seem to be under some considerable tension! I also broke all the plastic casing up trying to get the thing apart. Has anyone else had any experience with these things? Once a cable goes the mirror just points permanantly up in the air or down at the ground....
If not, has anyone got a spare pair of decent mirrors they need to be rid of? Preferably Nero 601.
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bobbber · Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 1:51 pm Post subject: Re: Cable operated wing mirrors

RFlower · Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 6:16 pm Post subject: Re: Cable operated wing mirrors

markgp4 · Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 9:00 pm Post subject:

10 out of 10 for effort tho mr flower Smile

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RFlower · Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 9:13 pm Post subject:

Thanks. It's the driver's mirror, so I just reach out and give it a poke with my finger when I want to see something other than the road in it.

Maybe that's the way they meant it to be used?
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Admin · Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:49 pm Post subject:

Blue tack holds then in place, but not particularly pretty.

All the best

Keith

lxb · Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:56 pm Post subject: Wing mirrors?

It's an Alfa! Why would you want to see everyone else, who by now should be well behind you Smile

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tvatavuk · Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:13 am Post subject:

I've created monster, but it isn't alive Rolling Eyes

Ingredients fase 1:
a) - alfa 33 mirror chasis mount
b) - alfa 164 electric+heated mirrors casing/wings

Fase 2
c1) wiring harness from AR164 mirrors to direction operating switch
c2) switch itself
c3) AR164 wiring scheme for mirrors

Fase 3.
- few cables more

Fase 1
Separating casing from mount is easier them screwing it back, but after 4 mirrors you're expert. Wink

Now you have A+B = same as broken cable 33 regular mirror, only it doesn't fall down, adjustemnts made as usual poking with finger.

Fase 2
if you feel lucky after few hours/days you can install wiring for operation controls from console to doors a tricky part is putting wires through door plastic guide.

Fase 3
prefered @ same time as Fase 2, cables for heating mirrors, connected from rear heater relay to each of mirrors.

Fase 2 and 3 sound like good formula for making new electric Gremlins.
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bobbber · Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:16 am Post subject:

Tino,

YES! Let's start a thread of electrical modifications and additions which increase the possibility of the alfa bursting into flames even more! Laughing

Bob
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Scott Sander · Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:58 am Post subject:

gadgets = weight = lower power/weight ratio = slower alfa
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Tim · Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:43 pm Post subject:

Aha, so I'm not the only one suffering from this problem then!

I'm not really fussed about electric heated mirrors but I do want to be able to detect the eventuality of the 'boys in blue' being up for a chase and me having to contribute to the local police christmas party again...

I think I will look into this some more with a possible combination of original AR door fixings and some cheap plastic boy racer mirrors from Halfords. Hope I'm not upsetting any purists here!
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tvatavuk · Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 8:02 am Post subject:

2 Bobber, yes at least noone can tell afterward that Alfa cant warm you up.
2 Scott, Smile

Weight of electric ones is strangly almost same as non electric ones, but I agree that wires and switch would make a difference.
I wasn't talking about those self folding ar 164 mirrors!!!
You can allways fill your tyres with helium to counter that minor fat increase.

p.s. Mum Alfa and dad Romeo along with doctors at fertility clinic Puch made sure that at time of birth P4 had extra few extra heavy bones around 70kg extra to be exact. Instead of Permanent 4 they should called it fat lady because she has lovely voice Smile

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Little black dress which replaced Alfa Romeo 33 S 16v Permanent 4 GMo

tinworm · Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 11:45 pm Post subject:

Oh man, now I'll just go and wipe my eyes from laughing so hard at all you comedians Razz

After all this I'll leave my functioning mirrors alone, they all work (2 plus 5 spares) albeit poorly so it must be european wet weather to blame?
Col.
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