mikethebook
New Member
Firstly, thanks Paul for pointing the way.
As Paul indicated, it is necessary to remove the three screws just behind the upper lip of the glovebox. I noted what he said about damaging the lip of the glovebox and so masked that off well before starting. Then, I used an adjustable spanner with a little interchangeable philips head in it and taped into place so it did not end up in the still unopenable glovebox!!
Holding the lip open carefully with a screwdriver I put the head into the screw, then let the lid close on it to hold it in place while I turned the screw. The spring pressure in the lid made sure the head was properly located in the screw and hey presto. Boring, repetitive, but it did it.
When I got everything out I found that the little block which moves the shaft that locks it closed, had been put in incorrectly, but also it tended to fall out, so I made a little spacer and a plate to hold everything where it should be and hey presto, we have a glove compartment that opens and closes like wot it oughter.
As a little supplementary:
I had noticed a worrying little noise when accelerating and had all sorts of horrid thoughts of gearbox problems under load etc. 'like you do'. It was actually the little heat shield under the boot floor, the fixing spring of which had rotted away and it touched the exhaust under certain conditions.
Long piece of copper wire would round the fixing pegs has stopped the noise until I can get some of the proper fixings.
Just another lazy Sunday !!
Cheers,
Mike the book
As Paul indicated, it is necessary to remove the three screws just behind the upper lip of the glovebox. I noted what he said about damaging the lip of the glovebox and so masked that off well before starting. Then, I used an adjustable spanner with a little interchangeable philips head in it and taped into place so it did not end up in the still unopenable glovebox!!
Holding the lip open carefully with a screwdriver I put the head into the screw, then let the lid close on it to hold it in place while I turned the screw. The spring pressure in the lid made sure the head was properly located in the screw and hey presto. Boring, repetitive, but it did it.
When I got everything out I found that the little block which moves the shaft that locks it closed, had been put in incorrectly, but also it tended to fall out, so I made a little spacer and a plate to hold everything where it should be and hey presto, we have a glove compartment that opens and closes like wot it oughter.
As a little supplementary:
I had noticed a worrying little noise when accelerating and had all sorts of horrid thoughts of gearbox problems under load etc. 'like you do'. It was actually the little heat shield under the boot floor, the fixing spring of which had rotted away and it touched the exhaust under certain conditions.
Long piece of copper wire would round the fixing pegs has stopped the noise until I can get some of the proper fixings.
Just another lazy Sunday !!
Cheers,
Mike the book
