This sounds like my afternoon . Needed to do work on my 4x4. It's a bit of a joke really given the size of the thing. I need ladders just to teach the middle of the bonnet.. .
Anyhow we bought the vehicle with a wobbly glass in the passenger wing mirror. I'd long ago fallen out with it when it fell out with my hubby. Literally. He had to stop and go and retrieve the mirror and mechanism . I managed to source a caravan towing mirror and get that fitted. Downside is that you can't put the window all the way down with that on because you can't control which side of the little thing that slots into the window slot the window goes when you put it up. And it had to be the outside. So I set about calling with little problems that have come to light since removing the spare wheel, now living in the boot so I can actually use the boot. Another story. Sort those our and decide is only 3pm I'll do the wing mirror. Cute one problem after the other. Prise off necessary bits ,cute problem 1. Need the socket set to undo the nuts (?) that are hidden behind it. I was expecting very large diameter screws for some reason , get socket set from garage and it doesn't work. Spins freely . Investigate and actual mech for controlling direction or locking is missing! 15 mins trying to fix that ,give up and find a 10mm spanner which is pathetically small for the job at hand. Eventually get them off only to establish that rather than have the electrical connection handy and close to the wing mirror it is infact hidden deep inside the door panelling... Get book out to see how to remove for trim.. . I had to reattach some of the trim back to its panelling before I could put the door back together ... Find the duck tape to stick the wiring to the back of the inside of the door itself (both clips , new and old, are broken) more duck tape to reseal the waterproofing for the inside of the door (yeah, I'm not relying on that on the other doors I can tell you) And so on . I quit when I got to the roof wide double led strip lights which had fallen off on one side whilst I'd been driving home on Wednesday . It needs a large Allen key of all things to get the remaining nut undone, so that we can get another one to match it .
Enough was enough . I checked the windows still worked . The wing mirror worked and the car still locks. All sorted