Glove box door repair
- crackerssouth
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Glove box door repair
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.
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Re: Glove box door repair
looks sharp, well done :)
Jeremy (cad-kid)
Kronenwetter, WI (Central Wisconsin)
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Kronenwetter, WI (Central Wisconsin)
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- Corvair.crazy
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Re: Glove box door repair
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!
Jon
CORSA member
1962 Spyder convert
1961 Rampside
CORSA member
1962 Spyder convert
1961 Rampside
Re: Glove box door repair
very cool and a nice fix to a common problem.
Scott
1960 Monza Coupe
1965 Evening Orchid Corsa Turbo (project)
1961 Rampside (project)
1964 Spyder coupe (patina car, running)
1964 faux Spyder (project/parts car)
1964 Monza (parts car)
1963 Monza (parts car)
1960 Monza Coupe
1965 Evening Orchid Corsa Turbo (project)
1961 Rampside (project)
1964 Spyder coupe (patina car, running)
1964 faux Spyder (project/parts car)
1964 Monza (parts car)
1963 Monza (parts car)
- crackerssouth
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Re: Glove box door repair
I know what you mean....... that's exactly what started this little project.Corvair.crazy wrote: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!
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- Gregory_Miller
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Re: Glove box door repair
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.
Re: Glove box door repair
Why did you have to take the spring off?
- Frank DuVal
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Re: Glove box door repair
Because the spring exerts the pressure on the trim that makes it bend. Leave the spring in place and the trim bends again.
Frank DuVal
Fredericksburg, VA
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Fredericksburg, VA
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- toms73novass
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Re: Glove box door repair
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
Here is a link to how I did mine on the Spyder.
https://corvaircenter.com/forum/viewtop ... &start=187
1962 700 Wagon
1963 Spyder convertable
1965 Monza
1967 UltraVan 211
1963 Spyder convertable
1965 Monza
1967 UltraVan 211