<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>





<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="" size="4"></font></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">I figured that changing the side mirrors on the Birkin would be a walk in the park.  The mirrors that came to me with this car are flat.  The left one is wonky, and a DPO tried to fix that with an airplane clamp.  That does not work.</font></p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;min-height:14px"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"> </font></p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;min-height:14px"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">Got new mirrors.  Convex.  Look good.  Mounting method looks identical.  I rolled back the big locknut.  Now all I have to do is grab onto the mirror strut and rotate it out.  No go.  I took a closer look:</font></p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;min-height:14px"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/pethier/55213872895/in/photostream/">https://www.flickr.com/photos/pethier/55213872895/in/photostream/</a></font></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"> </font></p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;min-height:14px"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">I see red.  I fear that some DPO has used Red LocTite on this mirror stem.  WHY?  There is a massive locknut on this (much-more substantial stuff than on my Caterham).  I can't believe it would rattle loose untreated, much less rattle loose with Blue LocTite.</font></p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;min-height:14px"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"> </font></p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;min-height:14px"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(40,46,50)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">Just for laughs, I check the right mirror.  No, that one is not coming off either.</font></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(40,46,50)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"> </font></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(40,46,50)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">OK, so if it is red LocTite, there is no way it is coming out without heat.  So how much heat do I need?  Will a serious heat gun do the job?  </font></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(40,46,50)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"> </font></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(40,46,50)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">I have already wrestled off the wind deflectors, since they certainly will not survive any heat in the area.</font></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(40,46,50)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"> </font></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(40,46,50)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">Should I not try heat here?  Plan B would be to declare the removal impossible,</font></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(40,46,50)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"> </font></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(40,46,50)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">crack the nut and Dremel the part that didn't fracture </font></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(40,46,50)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"> </font></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(40,46,50)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">saw the mirror stem off leaving the threaded stub sticking out of the windshield frame</font></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(40,46,50)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"> </font></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(40,46,50)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">find or make coupling nuts and screw the new mirrors into those</font></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(40,46,50)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"> </font></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"></font></p></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br></font><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">Phil Ethier, West Side, Saint Paul Minnesota, USA</font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">2006 Gulf Stream Conquest Super C, 8.1, white</font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">2011 Cayman 2.9 PDK, white</font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">2021 Ford F-150 3500cc twin turbo, white</font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">1991 Caterham 1700 Super Sprint, not white</font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span class="gmail_default" style="">2003? Birkin, green</span><br><a href="http://www.mnautox.com/" style="color:rgb(0,24,57)" target="_blank">www.mnautox.com</a></font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="http://www.mnautox.com/" style="color:rgb(0,24,57)" target="_blank"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></a></span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
</div>