General Rear view mirror
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General Rear view mirror
Halfords do a adhesive kit for interior mirrors. Lock tight or something like that. I'm guessing that will do the job. Most people have a halfords in their area. Saves waiting for online delivery. Not sure how good or easy it is I've never had to use it but judging by what I did see it should be simple.
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When mine came off I bought one of these:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-F...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item43c303c6c6
It's a small sticky pad that you can cut to the right shape. Worked a treat on mine. It's an official Ford part so fit for purpose. Don't get anything unbranded and don't use glue - it will fall off again!
Make sure both surfaces are extremely clean before affixing.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-F...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item43c303c6c6
It's a small sticky pad that you can cut to the right shape. Worked a treat on mine. It's an official Ford part so fit for purpose. Don't get anything unbranded and don't use glue - it will fall off again!
Make sure both surfaces are extremely clean before affixing.
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call into your local windscreen place and ask if they can help?
mine's done the same, I've tried various industrial tapes and the Halfords option (Loctite 319) but none have worked. My local windcreen place is over 20 miles away so until I have more time I have no rear view mirror! The Ford pad looks interesting but it would need to be a couple of millimetres thick to make contact with both surfaces, it's slightly recessed from the surrounding mouldings.
Mark075
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Thats strange, mine was completely flush and the pad worked a treat. The pad is a little over 1mm thick. Try getting two?
It's a good idea to gently warm the windscreen up with a hair dryer before sticking the mirror back on. Then hold it tight for five minutes or so before letting go.
It's a good idea to gently warm the windscreen up with a hair dryer before sticking the mirror back on. Then hold it tight for five minutes or so before letting go.
make sure the screen is degreased with something like isoprop
I went into a local windscreen place and they stuck the bracket on for me with some of their proper windscreen glue. It cost me £5 but saves wasting money on some glue from Halfords which would probably fail in summertime
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Mark075
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Bracket? Mine is one whole assembly that sticks to the windscreen. No seperate bracket.
The ball joint for the mirror adjustment is very stiff so it's no wonder it fell off. Make sure you lubricate that a bit before you put the mirror back on. That way it will require less force when you need to adjust it.
Bracket? Mine is one whole assembly that sticks to the windscreen. No seperate bracket.
The ball joint for the mirror adjustment is very stiff so it's no wonder it fell off. Make sure you lubricate that a bit before you put the mirror back on. That way it will require less force when you need to adjust it.
It happened on my mk2b punto so the setup is probably different to a Bravo
It's going back to the dealer Monday for another problem, if they don't sort it I'll give your suggestion a go. Cheers.
There will be a bracket at the very end that attaches to the screen. This comes on replacement screens ready fitting, which is how they change the mirror when you have a screen replaced.
Not so much a bracket as a mounting lug. See the attached pdf from eLearn.
How do I get hold of this elearn thing?
From the DOWNLOADS section, https://www.fiatforum.com/downloads.php?do=cat&id=20 Dowmload all 8 parts, unpack to make a disc image, burn to disc, or mount with a sd emulator. Install, then ENJOY!
