'94 850 Glove Compartment frozen shut

yeagermeister · Post by **yeagermeister** » 09 Jul 2005, 21:04

White850Turbo wrote:Wow, now this little pic diagram thing you've done Yeagermeister should be pinned somewhere. Superb if I must say so myself. The glovebox problem seems to be rather common, so I'm sure this well help quite a few people with it.

hey- since mine already had 6 holes drilled in it, i figured it was easy enough for me to be the guinea pig....

sawing the loop doesn't look like it would be all that easy, and it destroys the ability to close and lock the glove box. this way you can still lock the glove box, though pushing from the outside with the coat hanger will still release it. quite a clever little mechanism they have inside that thing... one day i'll get around to replacing the whole glove box, but until then...

yeagermeister · Post by **yeagermeister** » 09 Jul 2005, 21:07

White850Turbo wrote:...should be pinned somewhere. Superb if I must say so myself.

forgot to add- thanks!

and if it's going to get pinned i might try to get someone else to host the pics, as they're currently on my 4wd club's webspace. maybe either Matthew or Rich could set it up somewhere?

Post by **matthew1** » 09 Jul 2005, 21:37

Yea, I'll host the images and break out your tutorial onto its own page. Really great documentation, thanks!

Post by **matthew1** » 19 Aug 2005, 10:22

Making this a sticky until I make it a pge.

Waggs · Post by **Waggs** » 23 Aug 2005, 16:53

Hey.... I did the saw blade option. It was freakin' great! Single hacksaw blade with patience and it's open again. I just stopped by a U-Wrench-It salvage yard and pulled a good lock and latch. Paid $1.00 to enter the place and .93 cents for the two pieces I needed. $1.93 and I'm back in business. I'll be doing the odometer next......... LOL

moveoverbm · Post by **moveoverbm** » 05 Sep 2005, 16:47

Put a roled up towel on dashboard & use a tyer leaver on the end furthest

from the lock this will rip the inner section of the glove box lid (the bit you

wont see )and expose the lock mech .

You can then supper glue the inner section & lugs back up.

Look as good as new apart from the cup holder but works as well as it ever did.

The mech parts cost me

etzal · Post by **etzal** » 08 Jan 2006, 10:52

Followed yeagermeister's solution on the glovebox of our 95 850 except used top part of a nail instead of a screw. Soldered it. Thanks to his excellent diagram used a very small drill bit (1/16") and the hole is hardly visible. When you insert the wire to release the latch move wire upwards to rotate and lift the latch.

sstern · Post by **sstern** » 29 Jan 2006, 12:53

If you do not want to drill a hole in the glove box door face. Give this route a try. I actually pulled on the door enough to gain access to the latch bar assy ( where the lock hooks too ) and it is bolted to the top of the glove box. I used a pair of wire cutters and cut the latch bar. This will get the glove box open. I went to the dealership and it was a relatively cheap part. If i remember it was about $19.99. I know that seems expensive for a small piece of metal, but I don't have holes in my glove box door. This will still not fix the latch problem, but will get it open.

Volvo855 · Post by **Volvo855** » 20 Aug 2009, 15:28

Thanks for the tips, the description and the measurement where prefect for a Volvo 855 -95.
My problem was that the little lever made by aluminium used to drive the mechanism of the actual lock had been broken by metal fatiuge.
It was "easily" fixed by makeing new threads in the old aluminium peice and attaching a metal M3 screw (3 mm wide).
Se attached picture.
When you drill as the previous picture suggests, drill with a small bit, and insert a small metal-piece. I used a 4 mm drill and could have used a smaller one to make the job.
Check out the picture to se the fix of the M3 screw which replaced the pin.

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Volgrrr · Post by **Volgrrr** » 21 Aug 2009, 00:10

hey- since mine already had 6 holes drilled in it, i figured it was easy enough for me to be the guinea pig....

Why do you want to drill holes in your glove box and have it look poxy for ever and a day?

sawing the loop doesn't look like it would be all that easy, and it destroys the ability to close and lock the glove box.

Sawing apart the loop is very easy and then you simply purchase a new loop or repair the old one if funds are that tight.

this way you can still lock the glove box, though pushing from the outside with the coat hanger will still release it. quite a clever little mechanism they have inside that thing... one day i'll get around to replacing the whole glove box, but until then...

There is plenty of information on various forums (because it just so happens it is a very common problem) and I'm sure Ozark Lee posted a method on this very forum on how to cut the loop catch with the result that, after all the repair work had been completed, you couldn't tell the glove box had ever had any work done on it.

And the real benefit is this, there are no gaping ugly holes constantly staring back at you.