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

CoachBoone

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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.

 

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Possibly a thermometer?

 

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#3 · Dec 4, 2004 (Edited)

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CoachBoone said:

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.

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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

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Ape0r said:

Possibly a thermometer?

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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.

 

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HEMI-SMOKER said:

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??

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

 

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Coach,

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

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

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

 

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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...

 

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daschtick said:

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

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

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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.