Couple of questions?

Steve440 · Jan 12th, 2018, 13:21

Looking to do cam and drive belt change soon, any tips, do's and don't's, special tools required?

How do you remove the body coloured cover on the door mirrors? Need to repaint one of mine.

Thanks in advance
Steve

Richard_TD · Jan 13th, 2018, 07:59

To remove the mirror cap you have to remove the mirror glass first. To do that you just lever it off from the top or bottom and it pops off. Once the glass is out it's quite easy to see where the cover is clipped in.

I'd wait until spring though. The cold makes plastics really brittle and the clips on these covers are brittle enough as it is.

Alpine · Jan 13th, 2018, 13:32

I took my covers off to paint mine.

Google a pic of the covers so you can work out where the clips are. If you are lucky and you pull in the right place you might get them off without having to remove the mirror glass, but there is a risk of braking the clips. Easier if you clip off the mirror glass as per above post. Move the mirror to maximum left and then with a screwdriver flick off the mirror in the right place, where it is held on.

ITSv40 · Jan 13th, 2018, 16:45

The mirror glass is clipped to the motor by clips that roughly equate to the corners of the mirror. The first attachment shows a mirror glass attached to the motor and shows the clips. the second attachment shows where you need to carefully lever the clips while gently pulling the mirror off the fixings with your free hand. Once one corner is free the others will follow.

DunkinBiskits · Jan 13th, 2018, 19:03

warm up the plastics with a hair dryer or heat gun if you worried about them breaking during removal. In the winter months in the body shop its constantly plugged in to assist with stubborn plastic tongues

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Richard_TD Master Member Last Online: Mar 13th, 2020 17:15 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Fife	To remove the mirror cap you have to remove the mirror glass first. To do that you just lever it off from the top or bottom and it pops off. Once the glass is out it's quite easy to see where the cover is clipped in. I'd wait until spring though. The cold makes plastics really brittle and the clips on these covers are brittle enough as it is. __________________ 1996 Volvo 855 2.5 20V GLT

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Alpine Senior Member Last Online: Apr 13th, 2024 08:14 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Leeds	I took my covers off to paint mine. Google a pic of the covers so you can work out where the clips are. If you are lucky and you pull in the right place you might get them off without having to remove the mirror glass, but there is a risk of braking the clips. Easier if you clip off the mirror glass as per above post. Move the mirror to maximum left and then with a screwdriver flick off the mirror in the right place, where it is held on. __________________ Phil '98 V70 2.5T (manual '99MY)

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DunkinBiskits Master Member Last Online: Jan 1st, 2024 13:30 Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Merseyside	warm up the plastics with a hair dryer or heat gun if you worried about them breaking during removal. In the winter months in the body shop its constantly plugged in to assist with stubborn plastic tongues __________________ https://www.facebook.com/VolvoComposites/ Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall Torque is how far you take the wall with you

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