XJS electric mirrors wiring

Post by **AJL Electronics** » Sat Jul 29, 2017 6:49 pm

The original isn't a Ford switch, no idea where it came from. Middlebridge started using the Ford switch and it is a much nicer job, getting rid of the rocker switch.

Post by **scimjim** » Wed Aug 02, 2017 5:04 pm

Wiring pictures from Dennis - I'll make this a sticky in how-to?

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Terry H · Post by **Terry H** » Wed Aug 02, 2017 5:17 pm

May be a good idea to add the Ford mirror switch to the same sticky as it's a better switch. Just an idea.
Regards Terry H
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Post by **scimjim** » Wed Aug 02, 2017 5:54 pm

POWER_MIRRORS.pdf: (28.48 KiB) Downloaded 119 times

ard126k · Post by **ard126k** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 8:11 pm

Thanks seem inadequate Jim and Dennis....
Alex.

ard126k · Post by **ard126k** » Mon Aug 07, 2017 9:40 am

I now have a Ford switch, the wire colours are somewhat different to Jim's PDF but some amateurish fumbling with a meter has revealed which wires connect to each other at each switch position so I think I'm making progress. Mirrors should arrive this week and then the real fun can begin!
Alex.

Terry H · Post by **Terry H** » Mon Aug 07, 2017 10:07 am

Just found this Alex, it is the Ford switch wiring instructions. I cant remember who the author is but it could be AJL.
Wiring...

Power to pin 6
Earth to pin 4

the common of all motors goes to pin 3
Left vertical goes to pin 1
Left horizontal goes to pin 7
Right vertical goes to pin 2
Right horizontal goes to pin 5

The mirror motors have two pairs, green and white and blue and yellow. A quick test with a PP3 will show which way they are connected. Just connect the negatives together to make the three wire link.
Mirror colours
Left hand (nearside mirror) working as follows:

Join the blue and green and connect to pin 3 (common)
Connect yellow from mirror to pin 1
Connect white from mirror to pin 7
Right hand (offside mirror)
Join the blue and green and connect to pin 3 (common)

Connect yellow from mirror to pin 2
Connect white from mirror to pin 5

Hope this Helps.
Regards Terry H
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ard126k · Post by **ard126k** » Mon Aug 07, 2017 2:48 pm

Thanks to you Terry and the original author, may well have been AJL.

The details agree with what I'd worked out, save that I thought pin 6 must be earth due to it having two black wires.... can't imagine that would cause any bother apart from the mirrors going the 'wrong' way.

Alex.

ard126k · Post by **ard126k** » Sat Aug 12, 2017 6:08 pm

Mirrors arrived, all seems OK. I was a bit doubtful that a PP3 battery would run the motors, should have known better.

I'm thinking of painting them body-colour, if I can get the plastic surround off. Does anyone know how to dismantle these mirrors?

ard126k · Post by **ard126k** » Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:37 pm

It is done! A bit of a saga due to having four different sets of colours in the wiring (on the mirrors, the original Scimitar loom, the Ford switch and a length of multicore I had to buy because I'm moving the switch to the driver's door) but several pages of notes and a bit of trial and error got there in the end. One slight amendment - I moved the connector from position 6 on the switch to position 3 to give me a common wire for each mirror. Seemed the neatest way to do it.

I also found out how to take them apart - turn the mirror fully inwards, then prise off gently with something wide - I used a steel rule. The mirror backing sits on 3 ball-and-socket joints which can each be undone in this way. Thanks to Corky who let me into the secret!

ard126k · Post by **ard126k** » Fri Apr 27, 2018 5:59 pm

I thought I'd just finish this thread off with pics of the finished job, I found that there's room between the door body and the door card to hold the wiring

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not my finest GRP work but it's hidden... and the switch where the joystick for the manual mirror would go -hole also enlarged a bit

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Post by **RonH** » Fri Apr 27, 2018 8:35 pm

Good timing.
Look what turned up in the post today. Brand new old stock!! 404’s future spares maybe.

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Post by **Corky** » Fri Apr 27, 2018 8:55 pm

I did the same with HOM450W, but I couldn’t make the Ford switch work, so put an XJS switch on the door instead. Following suit on no.404.

Electrics have never been my strong point

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Post by **RonH** » Fri Apr 27, 2018 9:23 pm

Steve
Those xjs switches appear to be a little rare at the moment (except from USA with expensive shipping) I’ve been wanting one for a while now. I should have bought one a couple of years ago. But I’ll keep seeking and eventually I’ll find.
Ron