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mr._floppy
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Door mirror heaters
« on: Nov 13th, 2005, 12:12pm » |
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Does anyone know how to remove the heated door mirror ( just the mirror ) as I'm sure the element is dud.
BTW, On my Scorp it seems to be just the drivers door mirror that has the heated mirror, was that the usual spec? ( late '96 (P) 2lt. 16V Ultima)
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Snoopy
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Re: Door mirror heaters
« Reply #1 on: Nov 13th, 2005, 1:07pm » |
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Yes , It is just a push fit into the holder. needs prising out very carefully and then the two wires to the heater element unplugging
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scorpio_man
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Re: Door mirror heaters
« Reply #2 on: Nov 13th, 2005, 1:14pm » |
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hi there
both mirrors should be heated be the rear windscreen switch. the front screen switch powers the heated washer jets.
hth
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Danny_R
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Re: Door mirror heaters
« Reply #3 on: Nov 14th, 2005, 12:42pm » |
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Hi Andrew how you doing mate?
Correct me if i'm wrong but i always though the heated mirrors were activated with the windscreen heater switch?
Like i say i could be wrong 
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Danny_R
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mr._floppy
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Re: Door mirror heaters
« Reply #4 on: Nov 14th, 2005, 6:57pm » |
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The mirror heaters are activated by the rear screen switch. I managed to get the mirror off, power is getting to the element when the engine is running , but now I am unsure if the element is dud as when tested on my multimeter, with both terminals connected, there is a full scale deflection on the " X 1K " resistance setting ( which proves there is no break in the element ) but no needle movement on the " X1 " resistance setting.
Any electricians out there?
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jackcg
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Re: Door mirror heaters
« Reply #5 on: Nov 15th, 2005, 10:54am » |
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If your voltmeter isgiving full deflection, I assume you mean it is reading 0 ohms. This means a dead short. There ought to be some resistance there.
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