jhiggins119

Both power mirrors on my 1982 will not function. All other power accessories work including the windows, seat and door locks. Any help will be greatly appreciated. I am not finding any new switches available from vendors.

74 LS4-454

Yes, you are correct, unless that has changed recently. There are no replacement toggle or "L", "R" switches from the vendors. Ebay, CL, or the forums, is the place to go to locate these items. It may take you awhile to find them, as they appear few and far between.
You need to purchase the Service Manual for the 82, to help you diagnose the Power Mirrors. Most likely the switches are bad, and it may be a possibility that you can take them apart to clean and rebuild them to function properly. I'm sure someone who has gone through this before will give you the advice you need. Enjoy your 82, as we all do ours....Tom

hugie82

The switch is out there but only a few vendors carry it. I would advise since you have no movement at all, to pull the switch and the joystick to check for power. Usually the joy stick will work one way (left/right) or (up/down) so I would think its the left/right mirror switch. But it could be a bad contact .
I say check first because these parts are not cheap!!!

74 LS4-454

Hugie, I also would like to know what vendor(s) carry the switch(s). I have been looking myself and never seem to locate them with the vendors. Thanks for any info.........Tom

scorpion18z

I have a similar problem as hugie82 suggested. Mine move in/out, but not up/down and I suspect the joystick. I have had the mirrors off (PIA) and saw no issues at this point. I have not had the joystick out (another PIA) to clean and replace because the need to move up/down is minimal at most. I will be curious as to what you find out SSROADSTER. Keep us informed with pics.

jhiggins119

Thanks for the good advice.

jhiggins119

Thanks for the good advice.

bpassmore

The mirror gets it's power from the radio fuse,a brown wire is plugged into the fuse block I believe. You may be able to spray some contact cleaner/lubricant in the switches and work them through their cycles.

74 LS4-454

Your quite welcome.....every little bit of info can help, makes it easier to get through the problem......

good info here, was wondering if that switch is similar to the power window switches, that the Ernie Wilcox video showed how to bring them back to life by taking them apart and cleaning the contacts.

Rebelrob

Yes, I think this is correct. Double check this is not unplugged. Everything else will work, but not the power windows if this is unplugged or the connector or wire is damaged. I had this problem and found mine unplugged.

jhiggins119

Thanks for the suggestion. I will try it.

jhiggins119

I found a wire with a clip hanging down by the fuse box. I was told that was for an auxilary devicee or option. My car has all options except the CB radio and power antenna. What do you think?
Thanks for your help.

bpassmore

It may be the wire, the remote mirror is an auxiliary device. Plug it in and see it works.

jhiggins119

I can not find a place that it will fit in the fuse box. Any advice?

bpassmore

Right side of the fuse box, right above the printed "RADIO" should be tan or brown with white stripe mine has 2 wires in tandem.

I blew my radio fuse when wire in r door was pinched in the window mechanism.

jhiggins119

I tried in vain to push the female end of the wire into a female recepticle where you suggested. Next to the slot where it looks like it goes, is a thin black box that sits in vertically. It is about 1.5 linches tall. Will that black box with several wires coming from it come out. If it does, I may be able to insert the male into the female recepticle.
Please advise. Thank you.
P.S.Wish I could stand on my head and do a better contortion which might enable me to see the positioning.

hugie82

I tried to find where I saw it last and I can't. I might have seen it from another GM car. Like Cadillac or Pontiac will use the same switch for mirrors or seats.

bpassmore

If you take the black box off, it is a warning buzzer, you can probably plug the tan stripes wire in, then reattach the box.

jhiggins119

Thanks. I will try that.

bpassmore

See if this helps.


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