Mike,
The latch is an easy fix. Go down to the hardware or plumbing supply store and get
a roll of hanging strap, it's about 1/2 wide, and has holes in it.
Cut off a small piece, and shape it into a U shape. You need to kinda eyeball where
it should go, to match where the old one was. Then drill a hole in the metal frame
above it, and attach it with a metal screw. Then you can bend it to adjust it if you
need to, so that it closes normally. I guess it doesn't look pretty, but it's only visible
with the glove box open, and it works.
-Bill
- In peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Murphy" <fmmurphy@c...> wrote:
> Anyone had any recent or enduring success dealing with the plastic part of
> the latch (the part that seems to be moulded to the dashboard, not the metal
> sliding tang that is on the door? Mine decided to snap last night.
>
> There aren't too many things about a 505 that annoy me, but looking at how
> this was designed doesn't exactly inspire confidence. Still, it was on my
> 86 turbo wagon, and the lower glove box, being of generous proportions, has
> had to carry a lot of weight in it for the last 20 years.
>
> BTW, I gave two of my wagons a good run yesterday - 250 miles each. Both
> are approaching 200,000 miles, the 88 ZDJL wagon ran smoothly and happily;
> the N9TE ran lustily, although I am dealing with some spurious low coolant
> warning lights on the latter. Coolant level seems fine; perhaps there is a
> bubble of air in there somewhere. Cycling the heater thermostat can often
> extinguish the light.
>
> TIA
>
> Mike Murphy in Toronto
> (back to "normal" mode!) ;-)
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