Sootywg
A2OC Donor
Having reinstated an OEM Concert 2 head unit it and checked it was working as designed, it was time to install the XCarLink.
Having removed the cubby before I knew it was tight but the technique was well documented, so in with both hands, wiggle and pull out hard! Out it came.....
I thought over the last couple of years I had read most threads relating to dash removal but somehow I had missed the statement, "Open the Ash Tray before pulling the cubby out"
I think I must have been lucky in the past and had the Ash Tray open by chance. The cause is that the cubby has a trim strip on the lower edge that covers the retaining screws of the Ash Tray. When pulling out the cubby this trim forces the Ash Tray open breaking the closing mechanism internally
I now have an Ash Tray that will not stay closed. Some of you may be laughing as this is a well known problems to you. For others yet to undertake the cubby removal this is fair warning.
I am wondering whether the broken part in the mechanism is a candidate for 3D printing and whether Depronman has considered it?
If I can source a working replacement I will see if the old one can be dismantled and the broken part identified. It is not obvious how it comes apart.
I suspect many on sale could well be broken as to get at the retaining screws you either take out the cubby or break off the trim strip that covers the screws bit of a catch 22 if you don' know beforehand.
If I have stopped one of the newer members from what might be a rookie mistake and saved another Ash Tray it might have been worth making this post!
Odd thing is I have never used the Ash Tray it is just the annoyance of something not working as it should.
Geoff
Having removed the cubby before I knew it was tight but the technique was well documented, so in with both hands, wiggle and pull out hard! Out it came.....
I thought over the last couple of years I had read most threads relating to dash removal but somehow I had missed the statement, "Open the Ash Tray before pulling the cubby out"
I think I must have been lucky in the past and had the Ash Tray open by chance. The cause is that the cubby has a trim strip on the lower edge that covers the retaining screws of the Ash Tray. When pulling out the cubby this trim forces the Ash Tray open breaking the closing mechanism internally
I now have an Ash Tray that will not stay closed. Some of you may be laughing as this is a well known problems to you. For others yet to undertake the cubby removal this is fair warning.
I am wondering whether the broken part in the mechanism is a candidate for 3D printing and whether Depronman has considered it?
If I can source a working replacement I will see if the old one can be dismantled and the broken part identified. It is not obvious how it comes apart.
I suspect many on sale could well be broken as to get at the retaining screws you either take out the cubby or break off the trim strip that covers the screws bit of a catch 22 if you don' know beforehand.
If I have stopped one of the newer members from what might be a rookie mistake and saved another Ash Tray it might have been worth making this post!
Odd thing is I have never used the Ash Tray it is just the annoyance of something not working as it should.
Geoff
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