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Replaced leaking fuel pump and adjusted carbs today. Took it by our muffler shop to get rid of the horrendously loud glass packs. He'll do the job next Monday.
Welcome to the group... I'm sure you can find a lot of info here for your Toro...
So I stupidly hacksawed off the passenger mirror. Wait before you totally write me off or call me a dumbass-'cause I'll do THAT for you now. THe mirror that was on it wouldn't adjust IN enough to see correctly so I figured I'd cut it off and JB Weld it back on. Only I didn't figure out what I SHOULD HAVE DONE was cut it enough to bend it in AND THEN WELD THAT...till I was too far into it.
Many will say, "WHy didn't you just remove the door panel and buy a proper mirror that works"?. My answer is lateral thinking. And if I'd just NOT BEEN SO KEEN on cutting it off in the first place I'd
have been golden. And I don't know how to remove the panel...either. :-D
Anyway, I'm having the glasspacks removed and replaced tomorrow so I'll have him tack weld the thing back on so I can at least USE THE MIRROR! As it was all you saw was ***** that was 5' from the car.
If it hadn't come with the car I'd have never put one on but since it was already there I'd no choice but to correct the useless thing to be useable...or so I sees it.
But hey, what do I know?
Last edited by JonnyO; October 20th, 2019 at 01:16 PM.
And I already have THE GUY to weld it. An 'artiste'. :-) He thought the same thing ( pot metal ) and then we checked it with a magnet- so he's good to go.
Just waiting for him to call me. He was at the machinist's down the street throwin' a fit about how the machinist is never on time ( quite true ) so I had him take a look and he said pull it off
and I'll weld it-no can do. If I knew how to remove the door panel I'd just buy a proper mirror rather than jerry-rigging this'n.
TODAY: New front and rear shocks, new r/s lower ball joint and new front sway bar links
All kidding aside, you should really replace the mirror. A shop manual will give you play by play instructions. I had a pair of 1974 Twisters and I really miss them. That big front floor and FWD is the bomb in the snow. Is the pass. side mirror a remote or manual? A manual may just come off externally. An inside remote will give some much needed under the dash experience. At least that flat floor helps with the space LOL... I hafta pull my front seat(s) out to get up under the dash. A patched piece of bling (!) is really more of an eyesore than none at all.
You mentioned you checked it with a magnet? I would be shocked to heck to find out it was cast steel and chrome plated. Pot metal pits real easily and that why that trim stuff always looks cruddy. Welding ON THE CAR would need extreme wet towel coverage to prevent welding "pecker tracks" down the door and maybe even a piece of busted glass. It just aint right. Please trust me! That twister is too nice to hack, right? Bill
All kidding aside, you should really replace the mirror. A shop manual will give you play by play instructions. I had a pair of 1974 Twisters and I really miss them. That big front floor and FWD is the bomb in the snow. Is the pass. side mirror a remote or manual? A manual may just come off externally. An inside remote will give some much needed under the dash experience. At least that flat floor helps with the space LOL... I hafta pull my front seat(s) out to get up under the dash. A patched piece of bling (!) is really more of an eyesore than none at all.
You mentioned you checked it with a magnet? I would be shocked to heck to find out it was cast steel and chrome plated. Pot metal pits real easily and that why that trim stuff always looks cruddy. Welding ON THE CAR would need extreme wet towel coverage to prevent welding "pecker tracks" down the door and maybe even a piece of busted glass. It just aint right. Please trust me! That twister is too nice to hack, right? Bill
Yay Trump... GO NAVY!
:-)
I know I know I know...DUMBASS!
THe welder was content he could fix it and YES, you're right-will need to protect the paint. Or ...find out the procedure to remove the door panel. lmao
I'm an old Radar Operator ( OS ) from the mid 70's...before the NTDS came into being. Everything was done the old fashioned way- with a set of parallel dividers and a compass and a maneuvering board and wax pencils ...AND YOUR BRAIN. ...Dang tootin'...GO NAVY!
When I bought the car it CAME with the useless side mirror that looked at the SIDEWALK and not what I needed it to.
Sorry...these cars didn't come with a right hand side mirror
Originally Posted by yachtsmanbill
All kidding aside, you should really replace the mirror. A shop manual will give you play by play instructions. I had a pair of 1974 Twisters and I really miss them. That big front floor and FWD is the bomb in the snow. Is the pass. side mirror a remote or manual? A manual may just come off externally. An inside remote will give some much needed under the dash experience. At least that flat floor helps with the space LOL... I hafta pull my front seat(s) out to get up under the dash. A patched piece of bling (!) is really more of an eyesore than none at all.
You mentioned you checked it with a magnet? I would be shocked to heck to find out it was cast steel and chrome plated. Pot metal pits real easily and that why that trim stuff always looks cruddy. Welding ON THE CAR would need extreme wet towel coverage to prevent welding "pecker tracks" down the door and maybe even a piece of busted glass. It just aint right. Please trust me! That twister is too nice to hack, right? Bill
Yay Trump... GO NAVY!
This was some cosmetic addition:that didn't work and to be honest was VERY distracting.
October 20th, 2019, 01:03 PM
Thanks
I'm looking for parts and 'how tos'
And I don't know how to remove the panel...either. :-D
