Hi guys,
I have been working on my interior (door panels, glovebox and console) and just found this "mystery part" I have no idea where it goes - anyone who can identify it please let me know so I can put it back where it belongs. Everything works in the car without it (so far!)
It's a little over 2" long
Any help greatly appreciated - this may be the part that holds the whole J-body together!
-Steve
there be no image to id, that i see.
If everything works consider it "weight reduction"
its not a problem when you have extra parts
its when ur missin them that its a problem
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Looks like hush panels below the ip, steering column/pedal area
From a GM Tech I work with.
Thanks STLWACO, I think I DID find it at my feet one day, but not sure...
Man, I'll never find where that darn thing goes if its way up there.
Guess it'll be fine...
As long as nothing starts smoking or rattling really loud id agree
with Sean McCoy and say consider it weight reduction!!
they r the peice that go below the radio and all that behind the console....way back
- When you take something apart and that you put it back together and it's not working : swear like you never did before..
- When you take something apart and that you put it back together and it's working : Sell the remaining parts....
When I swapped out my whole dash I found that same piece, it fell off of it when I removed it, looked on the new one and still couldn't figure out it's purpose....so I tossed it out.....
I took off my dash to paint it, then put it back on...I had 32 screws left over....but everything still works (aside from the HVAC bulbs i broke), so im cool with it
89Sunbird wrote:I took off my dash to paint it, then put it back on...I had 32 screws left over....but everything still works (aside from the HVAC bulbs i broke), so im cool with it
Damn, and I was worried about the ONE gold screw I had left over from when I took my dash PAD off.
Thing is, it's one of the brass ones, so I KNOW it goes in the glovebox area... but it doesn't fit anywhere!
There should be two brass screws up near the windshield securing the airbag assembly. I think they hold the dash down to ensure that the airbag blows the cover up rather than lifting the whole dash.
You probably want to find the place for it and put it back.
When I had my dash back together with the bare minimum of screws for a few weeks because I knew it would be coming back off again soon, I made damned sure those two were in place.
lol....i have a few of the dash screws out from when my car got jacked. The dash hasn't fallen off yet so i guess i'm good.
at first look i thought it looks like the window stoppers in the door...i don't recall ever seeing a piece like that all 4 bazillion times i've taken my dash apart...
but who knows, its probably somethin under the dash somewhere
no clue what it is, or where it goes, i swapped my whole dash to a 00+ style, and never had an issue
1998 Chevrolet Cavalier
5-spd
The pice originally is located between the pass airbag, the defroster vent, area........ it was somekind of supposrt pice...
not to worry....... it looked usless anyway, so i never put it back it my car...........
wait for it... wait for it... NOW GO!! ---> '02 LS Sport <---
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32 screws left.. lmao thats amazing
Car blown up yet?
No...?
Your probably gonna be okay.
buzz122 wrote:The pice originally is located between the pass airbag, the defroster vent, area........ it was somekind of supposrt pice...
not to worry....... it looked usless anyway, so i never put it back it my car...........
Yep, that's where I found mine.
Buzz122 & Joe are right, it goes between the passenger airbag & center vent. When I took my dash apart, that piece fell down through the dash & on to the floor. I never was able to get it back in the way it's supposed to be in there. There's just not enough room for you to work with.....it looks like you really have to take the dash completely apart to get it back in there.
Huh... I've never seen that piece before. Guess mine fell out before I got the car
i dont remember that when i swaped out the cracked dash in my 00
oh well , ill gain a extra .000001 in the 1/4 from the weight loss
