[V8] Glovebox Latch Broken

[Buchholz, Steven]

... thought I'd post up what I found for general information.  

... some times it is good to have two copies of the same car in the driveway ... I looked into the functioning of the latch on #344.  I'd heard it was possible to reach into the glovebox to release the latch.  After testing how the latch worked I was skeptical, but gave it a try.  Several various tools were tried to no avail.  I looked through the printed copy of the V8 manual I have, no joy.  I dug out the manual for the '91 200Q and found that you can push the handle toward the center console, the handle then comes off and exposes the release rod.  Worked like a charm!

Today I checked the fiche manual for the V8 and found it there too.  Reference page 70-111-2.

Steve B
San José, CA (USA)
> 
> I learned that the glovebox on #2 is stuck closed ... tried with the lock in
> both positions, neither releases the latch.  I haven't spent much time trying
> to figure things out yet, all I've done is to check #344 and see that the
> latch mechanism is all covered up on the door.  It seems like I might be able
> to get the latch handle to come off ... but I haven't figured out how just
> yet.  It also seems that I may be able to get in from behind if I pull the
> ductwork for the passenger's footwell.