Tuesday morning May 29


Hi everyone,


A large number of XJ owners have been "svreaming" at that fregging cup holder door that would not stay dow due to a lajor flaw in desingn of that little plastic latch (that flaw has not been corrected for several years)


This was driving me absolutely crazy, nuts, banana. This open cup holder
open at all times is ennoying.


So I dismantled the whole thing in order to get a hold of the latch itself.

There is no adjustment possible nor any direct fix.


I cut a tiny piece of plastic and glued it to the "tooth" of the latch that goes into the top part of the arm rest.


I let it dry overnite and THAT'S IT IT LOCKS. Champagne everyone ! ! !

Important.

1 - DO NOT TRY SUPER GLUE that plastic refuses the supoerglue. YOU MUST use Elmer's Model + Hobby Cement (or similar) as this is the only kind of glue that will partially melt the pastic for perfect bond.


2 - Do try first the plastic you are going to use for this repair. Cut a couple pieces and glue them with above glue. If it sticks then you can use that plastic.


This is a fast and easy fix


See pics


Kind regards


Claude

1995 XJ6 VDP


P.S. I am posting this fix on the older XJ's forum as well

 

See pics in the XJ6 X300 forum
Claude

 

Claude,

Thanks for the Info, that was my self appointed task for next weekend.

TerryR