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Old 12-06-2022, 03:18 PM
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Three questions about mirror microswitch, keyless entry & secondary airpump

Hi guys, back with some questions. I've pulled the old 4.6is back in the garage for some maintenance. Most of it is now done, going to be replacing the flexdisks tomorrow and she'll be ready to go.

1. For some reason there's been some vandalism in my area lately where they pushed over my motorcycle and kicked off some car mirrors, including mine. Luckily it "just" bent backward, so it still works. However, the microswitch has been bent and partly broken causing the folding mirrors to auto-unfold. Now I've taken it apart and bent back the metal part, but the plastic to which it latches has been broken. I can't seem to order the microswitch separately, so I'm afraid I have to play around with some two-component glue. Any ideas what else I can try? I've attached a photo of its current sad state.

1.b. The mirror is also floppy ever since the mirror has been damaged. It has some wiggle room, causing it to move freely (for 1-2cm) when I'm taking a corner. What can I do about this?

2. Last week both my remote keys stopped working to remotely open the car. Today i reprogrammed one of them (holding unlock while pressing lock button three times) and this has fixed the issue. My question is, how or why did this happen? It was totally random when I went to do groceries. Worked when I drove off, didn't work when I tried to lock the car 5 minutes later.

3. My secondary air pump (to heat up the cats) makes a rather high-pitch whining noise, which I assume is a broken/raw bearing. I've unplugged the pump altogether which obviously gets rid of the noise. There seems to be no motornottprogram, but are there any downsides to disabling the pump altogether?

That's all for today, thanks for all the assistance!



I've attached a photo of the old beaut pulling a Triumph TR6 a few weeks ago:
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