ENGINEERING COMPANY INC.
ROUTE 145, WINTHROP ROAD
CHESTER, CONNECTICUT 06412-0684
TELEPHONE: (860) 526-9504
To remove the glamour cap from the mirror assembly...
1. To remove the glamour cap from the mirror assembly, the glamour caps three
retaining tabs must be carefully lifted off the rear housing retaining pins. This is
accomplished with a small flatblade screwdriver or other suitable device.
2. To gain access to the glamour caps upper retaining tabs, the mirror must be gently
positioned so that it’s lower edge is pressed inwards as far as it will travel. This will
allow the two, upper retaining tabs to be accessed with the screwdriver.
3. Position the screwdriver blade under either of the upper retaining tabs and pry tab
upwards and off its retaining pin. Repeat for remaining upper retaining tab.
4. To gain access to the glamour cap’s lower retaining tab, the mirror must be gently
positioned so that it’s upper edge is pressed inwards as far as it will travel. This will
allow the lower retaining tab to be accessed with the screwdriver.
5. Position the screwdriver blade over the retaining tab and pry tab downwards and off
its retaining pin. With all three retaining tabs free, pull glamour cap and its guide pin
away from the mirror assembly.
The mirror assembly will now be prepared for the new strobe harness cable.
To prepare the mirror assembly...
1. With the glamour cover removed, look at the rear of the mirror assembly. Locate the
upper retaining tab slot indicated.
2. Draw a perpendicular line that extends 1 inch from the middle of the bottom of the
slot.
3. At the end of this perpendicular line, carefully drill a 3/8” hole into the mirror
assembly.
4. Now remove the triangular rubber mounting gasket from the mirror assembly by
pulling this gasket over the three, mirror assembly mounting studs.
5. Slide the mounting gasket a few inches along the mirror assembly harness.
Remove the mirror assembly harness from under the retaining arm that secures the
harness to the mirror assembly. Do not break this retaining arm!
The strobe harness will now be prepared for routing through the mirror assembly.
To prepare the strobe harness...
NOTE: Because the strobe harness must be routed through a specific, narrow
and twisting path within the mirror assembly, it is necessary to
temporarily extend the length of the harness with a make-shift “snake”.
1. Locate the tie-wrap included with your mirror beam and cut the fastener-end off.
2. Locate the end of the strobe harness that has SOCKET-type terminals installed on
the free wires. Cut off the non-insulated wire (it is not used in this application).
3. Strongly secure the tie-wrap to the strobe harness with electrical or similar tape.
Although the purpose of this procedure is to extend the harness length as much as
possible using the tie-wrap, it is important to have a sufficient length of the tie-wrap
secured to the harness (2” minimum).
The strobe harness will now be routed through the mirror assembly.
©1997 Whelen Engineering Company.
Form No.13128C (092199)
1“ Inch
Right (Passenger) Side Mirror
(Rear view with Glamour Cap removed)
Side View
To remove the side mirror assembly....
1. Remove the driver side door panel from the vehicle.
2. Remove the three hex nuts that secure the mirror assembly to the vehicle. Unplug
the mirror assembly harness cable from the door’s power harness.
3. Carefully remove the mirror assembly from the vehicle.
The glamour cap will now be removed from the mirror assembly.
MirrorBeam Model MBCV96 for the
1996-97 Ford Crown Victoria
