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On Thu, 2002-09-19 at 20:56, Jim Adney wrote: > On 19 Sep 2002, at 14:33, cesaro suma wrote: > > > this recent disscusion about mirrors, made me want to got put the mirrors i > > picked up in parma on my car. well, i noticed that the threaded insert is > > attached to the inner side of the door (welded?) that holds the mirror on. > > this makes it real easy to install, but i also picked up a pass side mirror > > that is identical, but my 1970 fasty has no pass side mirror. > > I THINK it should be there. Perhaps you can check with a magnet to see if it > has been covered over with Bondo. The threaded insert actually consists of a > large thin hex nut spot-welded to the inside of the doorskin. Fastys of that > era came with a plastic plug pressed into that spot, painted to match the > car. If you can't find it from the outside I don't know if you can work your hand > up there on the inside far enough to expect to feel it. > If the hole is not there, the nut is not there, unless as Jim says, it has been "bondo'd". I have installed a few of these, and we had to drill the hole, and pull the vent wing assembley to hold the nut while screwing in the mirror. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT (It drove) '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/