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Discussion in 'VN - VP Holden Commodore (1988 - 1993)' started by Hardstylin, Aug 17, 2008.

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    Hardstylin

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    Hello,

    The latch in my VP Calais that holds the Glovebox is broken and the Glovebox sags/falls off every time I open it.

    Here are some pictures:

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    Is there any way to fix this without replacing the whole dash etc?

    All help is greatly appreciated.

    Chris
     
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    Turd Ferguson

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    happened to me with my old wagon, Just used a long bolt and 2 cable ties to fix it, not exactly classy, but it works
     
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    my vn had the same problem and i ended up makeing up a braket with some thin metal.....hard to explain but see the pics...
     

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    Bz Kn33z

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    i was going to say the same thing :) Thats what i would have used.
     
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    lol the one one the drivers side on my vp was zip tie and a broken in half biro pen worked a treat :p
     
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    Great, will give that a go, thank you.

    Haha, nice.
     
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    I thought the blove box liner was removable in those?Shouldnt need to replace the whole dash.
     
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    no probs:thumbsup:
     
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    not sure but ill check tommorow as i have a vn wreck and it has teh dash removed but i was certain it was part of the whole dash molding
     
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    Hell yeah. If you can't fix it with cable ties, it's probably not worth fixing.
     
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    good old cable ties....if you cant fix it with cable ties, then it ain't a commodore :p
     
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    What i did with the wagon ^^
     
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    It is on the later models, VR and VS but not on VN/VP :( .

    There used to be a part available through Holden spare parts that reinforces/replaces the broken section. It was (is) a piece of steel angle which is screwed up into the downward sloping face of the dash with the other side (at 90 degrees) hard up against the piece of the dash the hinge pin goes into (between the glovebox and the piece the hinge pin goes into). The hinge pin then runs in a hole in the piece of steel.

    I don't know if you can still buy that but I made one out of a piece of 25mm X 16mm X 1.6mm ??? (Not sure if that's exact mm) Aluminium angle bought from a hardware store.
     
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