Glad to have been of some help... and you are right if anyone else encounters this seemingly simple project you definitely will have saved them sometime, I tinkered with mine for about 45 minutes before i realized i had done to much damage to the housing to fix so i did the next best thing, I spent ...

I could be wrong but it resembles the mechanism that enables the "push" operated ashtray. It only looks familiar "cause i broke mine trying to take the entire tray out instead of the insert just to empty it.....yes this is my first volvo...lol

My First Volvo!!!