FurryWrecker911
SCCoA Member
89 SC. Came with an automatic dimming mirror and back when it ran in the 2000s I remember distinctively with a car behind us the glass would tilt, I'd hear a gear whir noise, and the mirror would dim. After getting it restored after sitting for 8 years it doesn't dim anymore, so I ordered a salvaged one off of Ebay... and that one doesn't dim either. Both tested at night, and the lights on the controls work. Distance light clicks on when someone's behind me or shined at with a flashlight, and even the auto-headlights work. Haven't figured out the auto-dimmers either, but I only got to test them once with no luck. Highbeams won't come on at all.
I took the Ebay one apart and tested connections for any breaks in the circuit (I'm no electrical engineer though. It's only my fourth time using a multi-meter) as well as tested how freely the gears spun. Everything seemed to be in check, and I even took photos while I had it apart. Still, nothing. Also how on earth does it tilt? I saw zero parts that allowed for tilt-action. It was just a sheet of glass resting on a (rather static) circuit board with no hard connections or adhesives or anything.
The setting dad always left the dial on it was FAR because "I prefer the mirror to dim sooner than later" and I haven't messed with it. Truth be told I don't know how on earth this is supposed to work internally. Maybe it's operator error? I really don't know.
Here's the Ebay one. I'm having a heck of a time trying to get the one off that's still in the car, although I saw a hex-nut was hiding under the high beam sensor so maybe that needs to come undone first?
I took the Ebay one apart and tested connections for any breaks in the circuit (I'm no electrical engineer though. It's only my fourth time using a multi-meter) as well as tested how freely the gears spun. Everything seemed to be in check, and I even took photos while I had it apart. Still, nothing. Also how on earth does it tilt? I saw zero parts that allowed for tilt-action. It was just a sheet of glass resting on a (rather static) circuit board with no hard connections or adhesives or anything.
The setting dad always left the dial on it was FAR because "I prefer the mirror to dim sooner than later" and I haven't messed with it. Truth be told I don't know how on earth this is supposed to work internally. Maybe it's operator error? I really don't know.
Here's the Ebay one. I'm having a heck of a time trying to get the one off that's still in the car, although I saw a hex-nut was hiding under the high beam sensor so maybe that needs to come undone first?