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(Message started by: wudz on Mar 31^st, 2005, 10:51pm)

Title: Do Door Mirrors go flush
Post by wudz on Mar 31^st, 2005, 10:51pm

Hi,
Just a quickie, as a new handbookless Scorpio owner do the door mirrors push flush to keep them out of harms way when parked...I dare not try pushing them just in case they don't..

Cheers

John

Title: Re: Do Door Mirrors go flush
Post by geraghtyg on Apr 1^st, 2005, 12:16am

Afraid they don't fold in. They will snap from their housing if you give them a bang but they don't fold in. Perhaps it's a legacy from the old 80's Granada which I'm assuming had similar, if not identical mirrors. And welcome to the club :D

Title: Re: Do Door Mirrors go flush
Post by wudz on Apr 1^st, 2005, 8:00am

Thanks for that George....I will just park and hope..hi

Cheers
john

Title: Re: Do Door Mirrors go flush
Post by Chad66 on Apr 1^st, 2005, 9:52am

....and they make a horrendous cracking noise when they come out their socket...... ;D ;D

Luckily so far they've just popped back in!! ::)

Title: Re: Do Door Mirrors go flush
Post by Snoopy on Apr 1^st, 2005, 10:09am

The full handbook is on the main site and they do come up for sale on that selling site sometimes the link to the handbooks is http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/handbook.htm
and the radio one is http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/2007hbook.htm

Title: Re: Do Door Mirrors go flush
Post by mr._floppy on Apr 2^nd, 2005, 5:17pm

Scorp mirrors are not designed, as other cars are, to have a second " elbows in " position, but when whacked with another cars' mirrors they do dislocate themselves from the door mounting via a rather nifty series of articulated hinges . Another nice design job that mostly goes unnoticed

It's a simple job to pop it back in place.

Title: Re: Do Door Mirrors go flush
Post by Dave on Apr 2^nd, 2005, 7:22pm

Oui you're right, Flop.. we should appreciate them for what they did. But the same mirrors appear on the mark 4 fiesta!

nothing's sacred to Ford.

D

Title: Re: Do Door Mirrors go flush
Post by wudz on Apr 2^nd, 2005, 9:18pm

Hi all,

many thanks for the info, I have since been down to my local breakers for a couple of red lever covers for the rear dropdown estate seats, whilst there I had a tug at the door mirrors and exactly as described....CRACK and in they came on there articulated hinge, but as mentioned only for the occasional collison, but at least there is some protection built in..

Many thanks again to the members
cheers

John