Where does the console lid button lock ?
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Le Mans Master
Joined: May 2007
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From: Valparaiso
Where does the console lid button lock ?
i will be gettin soon the console lid spring,my button is ok
when the spring pushes the button out
where does it "lock" ?
on my console there is a little metal attached with a screw
but i suspect this is not original at all.....
any ideas ? and where can i get that "little part"
thanks
when the spring pushes the button out
where does it "lock" ?
on my console there is a little metal attached with a screw
but i suspect this is not original at all.....
any ideas ? and where can i get that "little part"
thanks
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Le Mans Master
Joined: May 2007
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From: Valparaiso
i have it but i think its a "bootleg" custom made one
because somehow ...it does not lock it !
i have the nice cushion it adds weight to the lid and it does not open
but i would lke to have it "locked" and press the button to open it.-
i will try to "adjust it"
because somehow ...it does not lock it !
i have the nice cushion it adds weight to the lid and it does not open
but i would lke to have it "locked" and press the button to open it.-
i will try to "adjust it"
Burning Brakes
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Kind of cheesy I think for such an excellent sports car.
You can adjust the little clip so it catches the button latch. You may have to bend it some to make it engage the latch. Come to think of it, I'd like mine to latch with the button too.
Mine doesn't have a spring that pushes up on the lid. Where does the spring go? I see a small round hole by the key lock pawl up on top. Is that it?
Last edited by Eddie & the Cruisers; Jul 31, 2008 at 11:59 PM.
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i will try to "adjust it"
Where does the spring go?
The OEM spring is a small leaf spring; after mine broke I "rigged" a very small coil spring from a tiny ball pen.
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You can order the entire console lid spring and latch assembly from Mid America Motorworks (MAM). That's where I got mine.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Houston Texas
Yours must be an earlier model where they used to have a third key just for the glove box/trunk cars.
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Le Mans Master
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From: Valparaiso
Yours must be an earlier model where they used to have a third key just for the glove box/trunk cars.
thanks you solved a big mistery for me
because i have made a post about it ...
and now i know that the inner stuff has different keys !
somehow i knew it, thanks !