Glove box door repair

[crackerssouth]

The trim ring around my glove box door was coming loose on my EM, the little rivets broke. I tried JB Weld and Gorilla glue and nothing worked. Ended up taking the whole thing apart, grinding down all the rivets flush with the trim ring and with a drill press and a tiny drill bit, drilled holes for some sheet metal screws. seems to have worked just fine. The biggest pain was getting the spring back where it's supossed to go.

[cad-kid]

looks sharp, well done :)

[Corvair.crazy]

I cant get mine to spring open, You have to do the "push with your thumb and pull with a index finger" trick. Nice work!

[Scott H]

very cool and a nice fix to a common problem.

[crackerssouth]

I cant get mine to spring open, You have to do the "push with your thumb and pull with a index finger" trick. Nice work!

I know what you mean....... that's exactly what started this little project.

[Gregory_Miller]

Maybe quick, maybe easy, but cheap fix, I like those. My missing problem on my 65 is proving to be neither quick nor easy nor cheap to fix so far.

[Spidey]

Why did you have to take the spring off?

[Frank DuVal]

Because the spring exerts the pressure on the trim that makes it bend. Leave the spring in place and the trim bends again.

[toms73novass]

When I repair the glovebox doors I ad a rod that the spring presses against. It prevents the trim from bending and it also gives a bit more opening pressure.

Here is a link to how I did mine on the Spyder.

https://corvaircenter.com/forum/viewtop ... &start=187