ashtray door

[Beasty306GT]

Hey everyone has anyone came up with a way to keep the ashtray door in the console shut??? springs are gone...i was tole all of the mustang do it...if anyone has any ideas let me know please

 

[JJs89lx]

http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/iwwida.pvx?;item?item_no=LRS-04786-RR 1&comp=LRS

That should fix your problem.

And yes alot of them do it. I on the other hand am to lazy to fix it right now.

 

[JamesB88]

Ive got a small piece of velcro stuck on mine, it doesnt quite shut all the way flush but it is really close. Ive got a spring just cant fiqure out how to put it on.

 

[Darkwriter77]

I was thinking about gluing a magnet onto the underside of the door so that it sticks to that tab of the metal ashtray and holds it closed. I'm gonna have to stop by Ace Hardware one of these days and get one of those little magnets like you use on cabinet doors, and give that a try...

 

[glowstang93]

That spring is a true marvel of Ford engineering If you take off the top part of the console you will be able to figure it out easier. It just can't be done with the console still attached.

 

[FrankenStang]

I fixed mine by ripping it out.

 

[GTOreturns]

Mine works fine!

 

[woodyy24]

tape?

 

[GTOreturns]

Dont smoke!

 

[ryan218]

Ive got a small piece of velcro stuck on mine, it doesnt quite shut all the way flush but it is really close. Ive got a spring just cant fiqure out how to put it on.

if you want in the morning ill go out and take mu console back apart and grab a pic of how it needs to be...i put a new spring on mine when i did the conversion from blue to black.

 

[Roland69]

Ford can get the springs....alot of the fords have the same spring...even some 04 van that I have seen

I modified mine to work again and not break using the stock replacement spring. I have also used a stick on wheel weight on a friends mustang and it worked alright

 

[Darkwriter77]

I'm not so sure my door spring is broken so much as it's just weak. The thing will allllllllmost hold the door shut - sometimes it'll stay shut for a few seconds while you're driving, but a few little road bumps makes it flop open again.

Never thought of the wheel weight idea. That sounds like a better idea than my magnet idea, actually...

 

[Roland69]

sounds like the spring is gone...mine did that it broke about q week after I bought the car....fixed it a few weeks later and it has been good since. Now it has alot more tension on it it takes way more to open it and I need to shut it slowly or it feels like it will brake something lol.....Maby I should keep my coins somewhere else so I don't use it every day lol

 

[Darkwriter77]

Maybe take apart a mouse trap and use the spring from that on the door?

"Hey, dude, could you do me a favor and dig that quater outta the ashtray?"
"Sure..." *SNAP!!* "AAAAAARRRRGGHHH!!!!"



Seriously, though, does Ford use a new-and-improved spring on newer models that could be retrofitted onto a Fox? Do it once and never do it again, as opposed to replacing one weakly-designed spring with one after the other.

 

[Roland69]

the same but maby stronger....We had a 2003 ford E-350 (i think) work van at my old job and I stole the spring out of that lol

 

[grey5.0beast]

That spring is a true marvel of Ford engineering If you take off the top part of the console you will be able to figure it out easier. It just can't be done with the console still attached.

This is not true. I broke mine before, I can't remember what I was doing, but I was pissed. I was so proud of my working door. I went and got some long needle nose pliers, bend the spring(if it is still there) so that it goes back in the hole on the door, I'll MS paint it in a second to the best of my memory. You CAN do it w/o taking out the console.

 

[grey5.0beast]

Here you go, save that, this can be done from the top, using two VERY long needle nose pliers...

 

[ryan218]

Here you go, save that, this can be done from the top, using two VERY long needle nose pliers...

the spring dont look like that AT ALL in my 88...

 

[RsStanG1987]

the spring dont look like that AT ALL in my 88...

It should thats how my 87 was.. I also retro fitted the sn95 door spring in one of my old cars and used a screw to hold it in.. it worked awesome..

 

[grey5.0beast]

Well my car is in the body shop or I'd take a pic of it, but that's exactly how i remember it being, I think I was putting in my switch panel and I knocked the spring loose. And that's how I fixed it.