How do you remove a rear view mirror screen mounting?

[Millie Master]

OK I have just been bludgeoned into buying a rear view camera, but now I have one the first installation/fitting problem is with regards to hanging the darned monitor!

As I use an internal thermal blanket attached to the screen and side windows, the only practical place for me to mount the monitor is where the rear view mirror mounting plate is mounted on the Renault Masters windscreen which has a matching cut out area to accommodate it on the thermal blanket.......... But, how do I remove this metal mounting attachment from the screen?

I have looked on the internet and there are several American Youtube videos where they are using blow torches and similar high intensity heat devices that eventually soften the adhesive and it then finally drops off, but I have also seen some of these videos showing the windscreens breaking!

I had tried using a saw blade in my trusty multitool, however after a few minutes of sawing, very little progress was being made.

So does any kind sole know the best way to achieve my objective?

Many thanks

Phil

 

[wildebus]

Fishing wire with a sawing motion? that would both provide a cutting action and also generate heat to soften.

 

[n brown]

i fixed the monitor to the back of the sun visor , just flip it down when i need it and hides it from thieving scrotes
alternatively , how much is your windscreen excess ? just put a hammer to it and get a new , bracket free windscreen next day

 

[Squiffy]

Hi Phil just found this which seems good to me.

How can I remove the rearview mirror button off my windshield that I just put on upside down?

How can I get a rear view mirror button off the windshield if it was put on upside down?

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Phil.

 

[time4t]

Hiya, When I removed the mirror mount off of my windscreen I got some wooden cloths pegs, planed the thin end down & gently tapped a couple about 5 mm under the mount.
I left them overnight & tapped them a bit more the next day.
It needed a slight tap that night but came off with most of the adhesive attached!
Patience has it's own rewards.

Phill

 

[Millie Master]

Patience has it's own rewards.

Phill

So many thanks Nigel, Phil & Phill, I will keep your suggestion Nigel as my back-stop.

First off though I will try a combination of Phill's clothes peg and Phil's length of wire......... I would like to use heat but am more than somewhat concerned about the screen not liking it too much, although Nigel I have considered getting a replacement as there is already some nasty stone damage (but not on my line of vision).

However as I decided to go for a cable fed monitor and not wifi, my next job is picking the easiest and most durable route for the cable run which is a job I am not exactly looking forward to, but having said that there is no rush as the cable supplied with the camera isnt long enough and so I am waiting for an extension cable to come from the Chinese manufacturers!

Ah, such is life and as Phill so rightly wrote "Patience has it's rewards".

Phil

 

[Pugwash69]

I bought a rear-view monitor that clips onto the mirror. Too late to change?

 

[Millie Master]

I bought a rear-view monitor that clips onto the mirror. Too late to change?

One big problem Pugwash, it being that my van doesn't have a screen mounted rear view mirror............ But thanks any way.

Phil

 

[RV2MAX]

Its not just a piece of wire , its called piano wire as its sort of scaled as here https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_...0.l1313&_nkw=windscreen+cutting+wire&_sacat=0

 

[MarkJ]

One of the many things I love about this site is the richness of the debate. Where else would you get a sensible conversation about the relative merits of blow torches and piano wire on your windscreen? Brilliant...

 

[GEOFF]

Just to add to the mix, we used to refer to it as a "cheese wire". Geoff.

 

[Millie Master]

Just to add to the mix, we used to refer to it as a "cheese wire". Geoff.

That's what my Mrs. and me call a 'G' string!!

 

[GEOFF]

Painful!!! Are you into the "floss" dancing trend Phill? Geoff.

 

[Millie Master]

Not a chance of that Geoff, we are both into jet washing!