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I made one up, it works, but the material should be... 444-544

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posted by  Barongrey on  Mon Jan 2 11:04 CST 2006
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I went out and removed the glove box door, then removed the left hinge (the one the spring should be on.)

Using the flat spring material I described before, I bent a spring that works very well. The problem is that I had to make a 'twist' in the middle so I could bend the spring at 90 degrees to wrap around the arm of the hinge to make it pop open.

I'll make up a rough drawing; you should be able to duplicate my work in just a couple of minutes, but try to find some fairly stiff ROUND wire to make the spring from.
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As usual the image library keeps asking for the car/subject line. I'm certain that's an indication that I messed up somewhere, but meanwhile, I can't upload the drawing here.

I posted it as an addition to my web page, though, so CLICK HERE to see the drawing.

Steve





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