2001 s80 center console latch assembly

34acd · Post by **34acd** » 04 Dec 2016, 11:59

My wife sewed up a new cover for the center console and handbrake boot which I installed. Came out pretty well as you can see in the photos.

However, the plastic latch button assembly is loose and causes the lid to move back and forth when it is down and latched. I can't seem to find any way to remove the button assembly or see if I can tighten it. Any help here?

Hendoo · Post by **Hendoo** » 22 Dec 2016, 19:36

Gorgeous!

I bought the leather parts from eBay to do my '99 S80 but the workmanship and color match won't be nearly as nice as yours.

Cudos to both of you.

Any comments or tips for those of us that will be doing this job in the future?

Post by **June** » 23 Dec 2016, 12:25

Did either of you price a new one at Volvo? If so how much did they want? I keep a folded bath Towel over mine to keep it looking new and not to mention it's softer on my arm since half of it is a phone. Your wife did a excellent job!

34acd · Post by **34acd** » 28 Dec 2016, 09:49

Never priced a new one and every console cover I found in wrecking yards was trash—I guess the material just doesn't last 16 years. So we went to a local upholstery supplier and got lucky. They had a nearly perfect color and texture match in vinyl for the 8991 interior color in my s80 in their remnant bin. Cost me all of $5.

My wife, who sews, simply used the old, tattered material as patterns after carefully cutting it into its component pieces. The brake boot was pretty easy to take out once I pried apart the two plastic halves after slipping the whole assembly over the handle. Pry up the back of the boot frame first and be careful not to break any of the little plastic tabs. Then wiggle the boot over the brake handle. There are three pins that hold the halves together, one at one end and two at the other. A heat gun held over the pins softened the bond so that they pried apart cleanly. The original boot was stapled onto the flimsy, inside plastic half originally but I glued the edges of the new boot to it with contact cement instead. There is a round metal spring inside the lip of the boot where it fits over the handle that she sewed in and re-used in the new one.

The console cover was even easier once I took off the old material using a heat gun to soften the original glue used along the plastic shell at the inside edges. There is a piece of 1/4" foam in the center of the shell that I replaced, cutting a piece of thin, firm foam sheet I had from somewhere and glueing it into the depression in the shell. Instead of the foam backing bonded to the vinyl material used in the original cover which was completely deteriorated, I cut a piece of thin sheet polyester batting to lay underneath the new cover before stretching the new cover over the shell using contact cement on the inside edges.

The only remaining problem is the latch/button assembly which is loose so that the lid still moves from side-to-side. Can't figure out how to take it out or tighten it.

ThommyKent · Post by **ThommyKent** » 29 Dec 2016, 21:23

Your wife is very talented. I went the Ebay route and bought this for $19. Quality is actually very good and I just left the old cover on and put this over it for extra padding. Mine is a 2000 and the latch is completely different.