Side mirror adjustment control

[Natty]

Hi All.

I’ve a mk5b cabbie from 1994 that I just got last august. Cars in great condition, but there’s a long list of items to fix, adjust and replace.

One of the minor items is the door mirror adjustment controls. On the drivers side I’ve an electric round button/toggle type which isn’t working (might have another job to add to the list) and on the passenger side I’ve a manual toggle stalk.

I’m keen to get the car back to ‘original’, and hope someone can confirm if this is correct  or has a previous owner added one or other to the car. I’m surprised if it came with both types but who knows.

 

thanks for any light that can be shed on this for me.

[Vincygav]

Looks like someone has changed it.

If you have electric mirrors, the nearside should have no control whatsoever and it is just a flat panel. The drivers side has the stalk control. You can twist it around, middle position is neutral, turn to left controls left mirror, turn to right controls right mirror.

[Natty]

@Vincygav

 

thanks for your post. I thinks it’s a manual stalk on both sides (should be) and someone has either added a new door and electric mirror control (which does nothing).

 

I’ll start looking for a manual mirror control

[Natty]

Scrub that. Thanks Vincygav.

 

looks like should be electric mirrors both sides. Wiring disconnected at OS, toggle switch corroded and mirror motor gubbed. So that explains the non-working OS mirrors. The NS looks like a later change to a manual stalk, so I’ll need to hunt down a replacement mirror.

 

So shopping list written up and I’m off to spend some cash