AU Fairlane/LTD memory mirror replacement

[Fairlane Al]

Does anyone know if I can replace the side mirrors from an AU Fairlane with the memory module with mirrors out of a BA with memory? I tried regular AU mirrors, they didn't work and wanted to keep moving around by themselves, I don't fancy my chances at buying a set of mirrors out of an AU to suit the memory bit without selling organs on the black market, but I'm sure I can find mirrors out of a BA easy enough.

I know the BA has the extra 2 wires on the passenger side for the climate control sensor so it may not be a straight swap but if I replace the plugs with my AU plugs will they work still?

[mcfly94]

Originally Posted by Fairlane Al

Does anyone know if I can replace the side mirrors from an AU Fairlane with the memory module with mirrors out of a BA with memory? I tried regular AU mirrors, they didn't work and wanted to keep moving around by themselves, I don't fancy my chances at buying a set of mirrors out of an AU to suit the memory bit without selling organs on the black market, but I'm sure I can find mirrors out of a BA easy enough.

I know the BA has the extra 2 wires on the passenger side for the climate control sensor so it may not be a straight swap but if I replace the plugs with my AU plugs will they work still?

id definitely give that a go, nothing to lose!

[Fairlane Al]

Well, except the money spent on buying the mirror I guess. Oh well hasn't stopped me before, and it's not going to be the biggest rewiring project I've taken on yet...

[mif73]

Originally Posted by Fairlane Al

Does anyone know if I can replace the side mirrors from an AU Fairlane with the memory module with mirrors out of a BA with memory? I tried regular AU mirrors, they didn't work and wanted to keep moving around by themselves, I don't fancy my chances at buying a set of mirrors out of an AU to suit the memory bit without selling organs on the black market, but I'm sure I can find mirrors out of a BA easy enough.

I know the BA has the extra 2 wires on the passenger side for the climate control sensor so it may not be a straight swap but if I replace the plugs with my AU plugs will they work still?

Hi mate,
How many pins per side from the mem module?
How many pins from each AU Mirror?

I assume the memory mirrors use a servo type system (position feedback).

I can't be sure, but I think the AU mirrors (plain dc motors) were just moving around continuously because the BA mem module was looking for a position feedback signal from them.

I was thinking about replacing the 2 motors in my passenger mirror with tiny RC servo motors and rig up a cheap microcontroller to automatically dip the mirror when in reverse (to help avoid gutter rash hehe).
Then again, its cheaper to mount a small camera under the mirror and switch the reversing monitor.

Cheers,
Andrew.

[MrEL]

Been there and done that.
It doesn't work.

[bonny]

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[superroo]

According to what I can see, Non memory should plug and play with AU one's, but the memory ones won't.

You need to change one of the pins in the connector.
Looking the the 4 pin connector on the mirror, the BA one should have 1 pin on the Right side, up the top. AU's it's on the bottom.

Anyone able to confirm?