Finishing...

I have torqued the ring nut and put everything back together; I have also lubed the joints (The rest was lubed last time I had the car).

The book calls for 40 m/Kg (289 ft/lbs) torque on the lower nut. Well, the nut fails before I could reach this torque. Due to the diameter of the nut and stud, I was very skeptical about this toque. I have seen errors in the books in the past. I've replaced the nut and used blue Loctite; I went to 200 ft/lbs then to 250 but stopped before the click. Between the cone, which I've cleaned with lacquer thinner, the torque and the blue Loctite, this is not going anywhere.

The rear view mirror in its new location.

The car is finished.