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Snoopy
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Re: Interior Mirror
« Reply #1 on: Oct 25th, 2004, 4:12pm » |
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Hi there I did a write up of the way I did my mirror after it leaked initially all over the interior of the car... Bt it seems to have been lost in the voidds of cyberspace since the crash after the florida hurricanes..... I will see if I can reserect it and put it back up somewhere but the thing to remeber is when taking the mirror off the windcreen it pushs off towards the front of the car and NOT to the rear as Ford advise... then its just a case of taking it apart very very carefully and clean all the liquid crystal fluid up.... and then reseal and refit... looks like new but does NOT work..... New one is £130 at last time of checking.... I will repost if I can find the web page
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Re: Interior Mirror
« Reply #3 on: Oct 25th, 2004, 8:31pm » |
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Thanks Snoopy; yes, that's the info I was after. Just one thing, and please forgive me if I'm being dense, but when you say "towards the front of the car" to remove, do you mean push downwards on the mirror? I'd hate to FUBAR the thing completely.
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Frank
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Re: Interior Mirror
« Reply #4 on: Oct 25th, 2004, 8:41pm » |
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Very interesting info on interior mirrors.I have a problem as well.I fitted a photochromatic mirror in my Scorp as mine had been replaced at some point,the problem is there are three wires coming out of the mirror and the connecting plug has been snipped off.I would like to find out which is pos, which is neg.and is the third wire an earth?I'd be grateful for any advice. Jordie....... 
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you have 1x pos
1x neg
1x reverse light powered so it doesn't dip in reverse
hope this helps
simon
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Snoopy
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Re: Interior Mirror
« Reply #6 on: Oct 26th, 2004, 7:12am » |
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Hi Frank, In reply to your question YES when sitting in the car the mirror has to removed by sliding it off the mounting away from you i.e. towards the front of the car. Can't explain it any better than that.
Be VERY, VERY, careful as it oh so easy to crack the windscreen, as some of the members on here have discovered.....to their dismay......
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Re: Interior Mirror
« Reply #7 on: Oct 26th, 2004, 12:48pm » |
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Thank you sir; I'll give it a go.
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Re: Interior Mirror
« Reply #8 on: Oct 26th, 2004, 4:24pm » |
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Thanks to Simon for the info. the three wires from the mirror are white, black and grey, what I would like to know is which is live and which is negative.
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Re: Interior Mirror
« Reply #9 on: Oct 26th, 2004, 7:21pm » |
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Just bought my scorpio and still working it out.
This fancy mirror, mine is clear in the daytime but always dark at night is this right
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Re: Interior Mirror
« Reply #10 on: Oct 26th, 2004, 7:45pm » |
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I wil try to work out the wiring and post it here but NO promises......
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philgood
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Re: Interior Mirror
« Reply #11 on: Oct 26th, 2004, 7:48pm » |
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I've lost the auto dimming function of my mirror and am just waiting for the goo to apear!!
Does any one know of a supplier of just the mirror (Glass bit)? As I understand that a replacement assembly is quite expensive.
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Re: Interior Mirror
« Reply #12 on: Oct 26th, 2004, 7:55pm » |
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Mine was like that for several months before eventually leaking as you can see on the pictures.. be aware that it does make a terrible mess on plastic trim suggest doing what I do now and leave a towl across the centre consul when its parked up.... It is not possible to just replace the glass as its all sealed as can be seen on the write up.. unless of course you have another idea... If it has lost the auto im feature it will eventually fail like mine so either remove it soon or take precautions.
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Re: Interior Mirror
« Reply #13 on: Oct 26th, 2004, 9:03pm » |
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on Oct 26th, 2004, 7:21pm, geordievin wrote:Just bought my scorpio and still working it out.
This fancy mirror, mine is clear in the daytime but always dark at night is this right |
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Yes, that sounds as if its doing its job.
You should have a small green light lit at the bottom of the mirror - this tells you that its turned on.
An you should, of course, notice that you're not being dazzled by the car behind!
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Re: Interior Mirror
« Reply #14 on: Oct 27th, 2004, 2:38pm » |
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Thanks Snoopy
I’ll take precautions for now until I find a replacement assembly.
I was hopping that I could strip down the mirror assy. As the write up, and replace just the mirror glass, at a fraction of the complete assembly cost! Well I can dream!!!
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Re: Interior Mirror
« Reply #15 on: Oct 27th, 2004, 7:41pm » |
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You can remove the LCD liquid from between the plates of glass and then loose the auto dimming feature... but I don't reallt think its worth rying to replace the innards of the mirror.. If you get a second hand one the same thing is likely to happen again within time.. It is a know failure point... There is also a conventional dipping mirror available but it requires s differnt windscreen boss as kar as I am aware...... Easy to fit though...
Any windscreen fitter will do it for a couple of beer tokens......well may be folding money...
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Re: Interior Mirror
« Reply #16 on: Oct 29th, 2004, 11:26pm » |
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I’m surprised that no one has come across a supplier of the said mirror.
Surly Fords do not manufacture the mirror glass; some one must make it for them!
But I wouldn’t know where to start looking!!!
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Re: Interior Mirror
« Reply #18 on: Nov 6th, 2004, 10:01pm » |
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For your information I contacted gotmirrors.com with the reply below. What are your thoughts on this? (Sorry I don’t know how to attach an email correctly)
Hi.
I live in the U.K. and own a Ford Scorpio Ultima.
This vehicle has, as standard, an auto dimming rear view mirror. This mirror has now failed and I am enquiring as to whether you can supply a direct replacement unit.Please follow the short cut below for more information on the mirror in question.
http://www.bigesmalls.freeserve.co.uk/photo_chromatic_repair.htm
According to the owners club in the UK this is a known problem area, so several units may be required. Could you give me a unit price inc. delivery? as well as a multi order pricing if different? Regards Phil.
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Hello,
We do not have a direct replacement for your vehicle.
We do however sell a universal base auto dimming mirror for $98.99. This is part number 36100 and can be viewed on our website at www.gotmirrors.com.
Any further questions please email me.
Julie
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craig
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phil
would it not be best to ..
1.keep an eye on e-bay,they can and do come up for auction quite regularly,keep within your budget though,dont be going bid crazy just to win one...
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2.try contacting a few breakers (cars are being broken on this site),they are not as rare as other things you know (steering wheels not mentioned  ),just my thoughts,having just had a look at the universal one,thats my opinion anyway....
good luck with it..
craig..
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