Re: [T3] rear view mirror

["Timothy Kender." <timothy_kender@cox.net>]

<x-flowed>Oops, you're right! That method of heat was for another vehicle that  
was glass mounted, and the flame was applied exterioirally.


On Nov 19, 2005, at 9:59 AM, Jim Adney wrote:

> On 18 Nov 2005 at 21:27, Timothy Kender wrote:
> > Sorry the late reply, but the quickest way I've seen a mirror get   
> > removed was with an acetylene torch. It was waved for 30 or so  
> > senconds  over the glued area that the mirror attached to at the  
> > glass. Then the  mirror came off as eaily as a gentle tug.
> Sounds a bit scary, but not too effective on a type 3 mirror,  
> where  the mirror is held in a spring loaded mount that is part of  
> the metal  roof assembly. Type 3 mirrors aren't glued to the glass.  
> That  "feature" didn't come along until a few years after our cars  
> were  made.

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