115 TF wing mirror

Hi

I would appreciate some advice. The handle on the wing mirror, on our 115 TF, has broken away from the door. There appears to be a white plastic/nylon connector which is embedded in both the mirror and the handle. This has broken level with the handle.
Do I need to replace the whole mirror/handle, or is there a cheaper solution,please.

Can I say thanks, in advance, to anyone who posts a reply, it is much appreciated.

Hi Paul, is there any chance that you could put up a couple of pictures of your problem please? That may help us to help you a bit better. I've not had the problem (touch wood). Others may be able to answer you at some point today. Cheers.. Leigh

Couple of questions for you though;-

1. Which side is it. Driver or passenger?

2. Is it a standard black one?

3. You might want to try these links to guage a price, just in case they have a cheap one.

http://www.car-scrapyards.co.uk/used-car-parts.htm

http://www.breakeryard.com/

Hi Leigh

Car is in the garage, today, for a latch assembly to be replaced. Will post photos as soon as car is back with me. Thanks.

You're welcome Paul. Give those links a try. I saved £260 last time I did. It was a bigger job of course... and if you hear 'popping' it's the shoutbox (top right, live chat, messages etc). Feel free to use it.

I suspect the connector has snapped in half in which case you'll need to replace the mirror, might be an excuse to go electric.

TBH the mirror isn't difficult to change, just a couple of screws.

Hi Leigh

It's a standard black one on the driver's side

Cheers

Paul

talkingcars wrote: I suspect the connector has snapped in half in which case you'll need to replace the mirror, might be an excuse to go electric.

TBH the mirror isn't difficult to change, just a couple of screws.

Agree! You might be surprised how cheap a couple of electric mirrors are. The wiring loom will be in place, and all you need is the control switch.
Rimmer Bros have new electric mirrors at very reasonable prices. :yesnod:
£25-£29 is very good value! :thumbsup:

When this happened to my car I got a replacement mirror from an MG scrapper. They are not what you would call "over engineered" so while it was sitting in the garage waiting to go on I soaked some oil into the mechanism. That one is now fine but I only ever adjust the passenger side one from outside the car as its pretty hard to shift despite some 3 in 1 pentrating spray. The scapper wasnt exactly giving them away, but I dont like the car to look unloved.

David Aiketgate wrote:

talkingcars wrote: I suspect the connector has snapped in half in which case you'll need to replace the mirror, might be an excuse to go electric.

TBH the mirror isn't difficult to change, just a couple of screws.

Agree! You might be surprised how cheap a couple of electric mirrors are. The wiring loom will be in place, and all you need is the control switch.
Rimmer Bros have new electric mirrors at very reasonable prices. :yesnod:
£25-£29 is very good value! :thumbsup:

I forgot to say that you can swap the painted section on these mirrors, so you can buy any colour electric mirror and match your car's colour.

David Aiketgate wrote:

talkingcars wrote: I suspect the connector has snapped in half in which case you'll need to replace the mirror, might be an excuse to go electric.

TBH the mirror isn't difficult to change, just a couple of screws.

Agree! You might be surprised how cheap a couple of electric mirrors are. The wiring loom will be in place, and all you need is the control switch.
Rimmer Bros have new electric mirrors at very reasonable prices. :yesnod:
£25-£29 is very good value! :thumbsup:

Out of interest, is the wiring loom in place on a mk1 MGF (1999 VVC)?

I'm not sure about Mk1s.:shrug:

The harness wasn't there in my MK1 MGF (1996). I bought the power mirror kit offered by B&G just to keep things simple. The harness fit well and they included a new dash cowl with the mirror switch. They seem to be getting to the end of their stock of NOS mirrors as their connectors were the late rectangular type and needed a bit of figuring out to get things working in the proper direction. That said, Rimmers and others have new mirrors at very cheap prices if you don't mind making the harness up yourself, and replacement manual mirrors are available on E-bay.
It is nice to have the power mirrors, even though you seldom need to adjust them. At least the manual mirrors' massive handles are gone. :thumbsup: