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MikeDundee

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GLOVE BOX HANDLE GONE
« on: 18 April 2020, 13:23:27 »
Yeah had been broken off for a long time and always kept in the car, but appears now its gone missing, glove box is shut and cannot get open, have trawled the site, plenty stuff for glove boxes removal and for pre-facelifts, can someone point me in the right direction please, have already had a go                   
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Re: GLOVE BOX HANDLE GONE
« Reply #1 on: 18 April 2020, 13:25:04 »
Try harder ;)

A judicious jiggle with a smaller flat blade screw driver where the handle used to be should suffice  :y
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Re: GLOVE BOX HANDLE GONE
« Reply #2 on: 18 April 2020, 13:51:51 »
If you put a finger in the orifice and wiggle it around you should achieve the desired result.
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Re: GLOVE BOX HANDLE GONE
« Reply #3 on: 18 April 2020, 18:44:01 »
PFL and FL glovebox essentially the same.

If the handle has broken off completely, you can press the level inside the hole its left, which is what the handle does.


Replacement handle used to be a fiver from dealer, but its a glovebox out job to replace it IIRC (because you cant get the inner trim off the glovebox door without disconnecting the damper)
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Re: GLOVE BOX HANDLE GONE
« Reply #4 on: 19 April 2020, 08:57:30 »
Yes just put finger or thumb in recess and operate the latch I have been doing this for some years, it seemed easier than taking the glove box out.
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Re: GLOVE BOX HANDLE GONE
« Reply #5 on: 19 April 2020, 11:06:49 »
Well folks, thanks for all the input, so tried left right, up down sideways etc., no joy, then pressed the bit in the middle down from the top end and low and behold hey presto/open, and guess what was inside the glove box....the release button, idiots from the garage put it in there, anyway turns out easy enough to open.

Thanks again folks - stay safe!!!
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Re: GLOVE BOX HANDLE GONE
« Reply #6 on: 19 April 2020, 19:31:31 »
There was a guide here  http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1214169060 -  Replaced my handle with new one from dealer with the guide and worked a treat.

Enjoy  :y
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