Re: GM Dumb and Smart
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Re: GM Dumb and Smart



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I parked in front of house (careful to miss the tree
this time) and assessed how to install the mirror.  It
was so easy.  No door panel to remove.  I only had to
pop off a plastic cover which reveals three studs with
nuts and washers.  I had my trusty Ace Hardware nut
driver set in the truck in an five minutes I had the
mirror assembly replaced.

That was smart.  A smart labor saving design on the
assembly line and a smart design for the repair shop
or home mechanic.

Of course mirror removal (manual mirrors that is) is
also easy on our old AMCs.  Just two phillips head
screws.
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Smarter than this are the mirrors on my 96 Ram -- if you hit something like a tree limb, they just fold out of the way. This has saved my a couple of mirrors for sure.

A quicker way to remove a non-fold away mirror is just to clip something like a chain link fence gate latch. This method worked really well on the cheesy plastic mirror that was on my 68 American when I got it. Of course, I wasn't actually trying to remove the mirror...

Matt

mhaas@xxxxxxx
Cincinnati, OH
http://www.mattsoldcars.com
1967 Rambler American wagon
1968 Rambler American sedan
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