So i pulled my rear mirror off 🤔🤔🤔

[lx570 jatt]

Yep in all the years of owning many different cars I managed to pull break off the rear view mirror and the metal clip along with and a small piece of the screen .
Any windscreen guys on here .or any on t one have recommendations for some top notch glue . To reattch. Also I found what looks like a phone Jack plug loose .any ideas on that or what it actually does thanks

 

[ridetime]

The phone cord looks like a Valentine 1 power cord. Are you the original owner? If not there could have been a detector installed at one time. Try to see if it leads to a power source. It could be connected to a dome light etc. As for the mirror you could maybe try an auto glass shop?

 

[OregonLC]

IIRC the Yaesu (and others?) radios also use the RJ45 plugs to connect a remote head. Could be from a previous Ham install?

Edit: Looking closer it seems to be just a power splice so likely it's a V1 as suggested ^^, though what is the widget to the right of the rain sensor?

 

[lx570 jatt]

The phone cord looks like a Valentine 1 power cord. Are you the original owner? If not there could have been a detector installed at one time. Try to see if it leads to a power source. It could be connected to a dome light etc. As for the mirror you could maybe try an auto glass shop?

Its stealing power from the mirror harness . It did not occur to me it would be a radar detector. Thanks for your heads sir

 

[lx570 jatt]

IIRC the Yaesu (and others?) radios also use the RJ45 plugs to connect a remote head. Could be from a previous Ham install?

True enough the previous owners I doubt were ham enthusiasts. yep definitely not . But it is taking 12v from the mirror harness

 

[TonyP]

You can get mirror adhesive at Autozone (and similar stores).
I'm sure it's nothing special but it adheres to glass very well.

 

[ceb]

It looks like that mirror has come off before.

 

[bloc]

The permatex/loctite or similar mirror glue kits work well with one important caveat beyond proper surface prep. The mirror lug needs to be the same temp as the windshield when they get glued together. If you do all the cleaning and such for the lug indoors and the panel has been outside in 90f heat (even in the shade) they will expand and contract slightly when bonded and it’ll fall off again.

I’ve done a couple and have had good luck taping the lug to the outside of the windshield for some time with the whole truck in the shade, making sure temps are identical. After prepping both surfaces, by the way. Then follow gluing directions and allow plenty of cure time. Should be good to go after that.

 

[ceb]

The permatex/loctite or similar mirror glue kits work well with one important caveat beyond proper surface prep. The mirror lug needs to be the same temp as the windshield when they get glued together. If you do all the cleaning and such for the lug indoors and the panel has been outside in 90f heat (even in the shade) they will expand and contract slightly when bonded and it’ll fall off again.

I’ve done a couple and have had good luck taping the lug to the outside of the windshield for some time with the whole truck in the shade, making sure temps are identical. After prepping both surfaces, by the way. Then follow gluing directions and allow plenty of cure time. Should be good to go after that.

In general you are correct, but the glass and the rirror attachment pad will always expand/contract at different rates.

 

[SF1911A1]

When I bought my 200 used, the mirror broke off exactly like that on day two of ownership. I could see that someone had used JB weld to put it back on, probably right before trading it in. Luckily the dealership that I bought it from replaced the entire windshield at their expense and I didn’t have to worry about reattaching it. My concern was that with a chunk of glass missing like that, how much does it weaken the windshield overall? Maybe I was worried about nothing, but something to consider looking into.

 

[bloc]

In general you are correct, but the glass and the rirror attachment pad will always expand/contract at different rates.

Yes, and the glue is designed to deal with this.

But there must be a limit. I know people that I trust to do their surface prep correctly and they still had issues until they made sure everything was the same temp.

 

[ceb]

Yes, and the glue is designed to deal with this.

But there must be a limit. I know people that I trust to do their surface prep correctly and they still had issues until they made sure everything was the same temp.

No, no, I agree completely that you should make sure that the two are at around the same temp - i.e both hot/warm, not one hot and one cold