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Re: TR-6 glovebox design

To: "'triumphs'" <triumphs@triumph.cs.utah.edu>
Subject: Re: TR-6 glovebox design
From: Tom Gentry <TGENTR@wgc.woodward.com>
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 95 08:45:00 PDT
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My TR-6, and my previous TR-6, both allow the glove box door to spring open 
a bit
when I push the button.  Sometimes it even flops open, after a quick push.

Could there be some kind of mis-alignment that causes your car's door to 
stick?
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From: triumphs-owner
To: triumphs
Subject: Re: TR-6 glovebox design
Date: Thursday, September 07, 1995 3:39PM

Pete said...
> Last night I noticed the glovebox light of my 71 TR-6 was flashing on and
off
> while driving, due to vibration.

What!?  You have a light!  (mine has a hole where a light ought to be!)

> ... open the door, since this requires
> simultaneous depression of the button and pulling on the exposed edge of 
the
> door with one's fingertips.
> ...
> How would one even get it open if the
> glovebox door fit flush with the dash like one might suppose it should?

The PO of my car showed me how to open the dash during
the show/negotiate session.  Take your plastic coated drivers
license, insert beside the latch, and pry it open while pushing
the release button.  I've tried, but haven't found a better way.

It seems there should be a spring pushing things open or something???

(I have this image of being stopped by the cops, showing license,
then asking for it back so I can get the registration out of the dash.)


Joe Flake
'72 TR-6
flake@a3115jmf.atl.hp.com




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