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Wing Mirror Fix

davidjt
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I had recently purchased the 1997 986, and it came with a few electric issues.

The wing mirrors did not work.

After reading many of the posts in this forum, I decided that the problem may just be in the connections.

Albeit, the car is 13 years old.

I have found that the connectors in each door had worked loose.

I have described the process here.

Photo No1, shows how to just pinch off the cover on the door (also, good idea to put down the window)

Photo No2, shows the cover off, and the mounting points. The blue inserts are the mounts, and maybe damaged. Also the pic shows the plug.

Photo No3, shows a closeup pf the plug.

Photo No4, shows the plug detached. Notice the snap in clips on this plug. They will snap into the receptacle on the door. The receptacle has the female part, and these were broken. So I used double sided tape, wrapped around the where the clips are on the plug, and pushed the plug back into the receptacle.

Photo No5, just shows the receptacle.

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