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    How do you open the glovebox if handle is removed? Cable pull no longer works...

    So, my friend broke my glovebox latch last night and I got the glovebox open by pulling on the cable. After taking out the glovebox latch, I was playing with the glovebox to see if the strut assembly can hold it in place cause there is no way in hell I will be putting tape over it until it's fixed and I accidentally re-locked my glove box. If I pull on the cable, this simply pulls out the cable since it is no longer attached to the handle so NOW how do I open it without forcefully breaking it and replacing more?

    EDIT: False alarm... gave it more thought and since the cable just routes from the handle to the latch, I pulled out the cable that you normally pull on to unlock it and just pulled the wire itself to trigger the latch to open.
    Last edited by PiotrC70; 03-18-2018 at 05:42 PM.

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