Date:         Mon, 4 Feb 2002 00:34:15 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: removing glove box on 86
Comments: To: John McLean <jaymac@INTERNETCDS.COM>
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At 12:00 AM 2/4/2002, John McLean wrote:
>I would love to see a picture of the other glove box system you described
>which
>uses the plastic cord if anyone has one.

FWIW -- there are a couple of notches in the top of the back wall of the
box itself -- or a notch and a hook, I forget.  Firmly stuck into the top
of the steel beam forward of each notch is a molded plastic stalk, very
flexible, about 1/8" diameter with a couple little balls molded at the end
(or a couple balls on one and a squared hole on the other, maybe) that snap
into the appropriate places on the box.  Works great, except that they
didn't make enough stress relief at the attachment base so the stalk
fatigues and breaks off where it exits the base.  Apparently the
(mean-time-to-failure plus VW engineering reaction time) is about six years...

david

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