Need help, I'm taking the dash apart.....

[CoachBoone]

I just started my rattle investigation and I just took the glove box "door" off and found a drawstring of some kind hanging from a white plastic tube behind the glove box. It has some small square piece of plastic on the end and it's just hanging there. Naturally I pulled on it a few times and it spring returns, but WTF? Anyone know what the hell this is for and why it's just hanging there? Oh, and I found duct tape on the cross frame behind the glovebox too.......along with what looks like some fishing line, I $hit you not. Hmmm, wonder why it rattles?
Any expert advice appreciated.

[Ape0r]

Possibly a thermometer?

[HEMI-SMOKER]

Originally Posted by CoachBoone

I just started my rattle investigation and I just took the glove box "door" off and found a drawstring of some kind hanging from a white plastic tube behind the glove box. It has some small square piece of plastic on the end and it's just hanging there. Naturally I pulled on it a few times and it spring returns, but WTF? Anyone know what the hell this is for and why it's just hanging there? Oh, and I found duct tape on the cross frame behind the glovebox too.......along with what looks like some fishing line, I $hit you not. Hmmm, wonder why it rattles?
Any expert advice appreciated.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS BUT IT WAS BEHIND MY GLOVE BOX ALSO. FOUND IT WHEN I TOOK DASH APART FOR AMP INSTALL. PIECE OF CAKE BY THE WAY. THERE ARE A FEW HIDDEN SCREWS, BUT MOST OF IT IS SNAP TOGETHER.

AS FOR THE HANGY THING, I PULLED ON IT A COUPLE OF TIMES, WHATCHED IT RETRACT, AND SAID, WTF! I WAS IN A HURRY SO DIDN'T INVESTIGATE. I'M CURIOUS??

[CoachBoone]

Originally Posted by Ape0r

Possibly a thermometer?

Hey, I'm open to ideas! The piece on the end looks like it should attach to something. Ah hell, I'll just leave it and ask the service genius next time.

[CoachBoone]

Originally Posted by HEMI-SMOKER

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS BUT IT WAS BEHIND MY GLOVE BOX ALSO. FOUND IT WHEN I TOOK DASH APART FOR AMP INSTALL. PIECE OF CAKE BY THE WAY. THERE ARE A FEW HIDDEN SCREWS, BUT MOST OF IT IS SNAP TOGETHER.

AS FOR THE HANGY THING, I PULLED ON IT A COUPLE OF TIMES, WHATCHED IT RETRACT, AND SAID, WTF! I WAS IN A HURRY SO DIDN'T INVESTIGATE. I'M CURIOUS??

Love your name, bro. I need to personalize my plates.

[CaliforniaTitan]

Coach,

Haven't pulled any apart yet myself...can't help ya.

Chris

[daschtick]

"What is a damper for the glove box door?"

"I'll take Squeaks and Rattles for $100, Alex."

[phillipyang]

if you take the dash off. You should consider dipping the plastic into a nice rubber or spray on a synthetic material for a nice look. mod perhaps...

[pciley]

Originally Posted by daschtick

"What is a damper for the glove box door?"

"I'll take Squeaks and Rattles for $100, Alex."

Right.. that spring-wound string just lets the glove box open slower when you open it. How da heck did yours come unhooked? Hope it didn't "break" and you can just reattach.