Use
a momentary push button switch (McMaster Carr P/N 6915K22 or Radio Shack Cat #
275-646), and solder two leads to it.
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Next, Squeeze the sides of the glove box and it flips
down. This will give you access
to mount the switch. Drill a hole in the
glove compartment box. Note there is a metal bar behind the right side of the
glove compartment box. There is
one spot that has a hole in it.
Drill the hole in the plastic to match up with this hole. My button was 1/2" so I used a uni-bit
that went up to 1/2" |
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Remove the retainer nut from the switch and insert the switch
and the leads into the hole.
Thread the leads through the nut and onto the switch and tighten the
nut up. Next, attach one of the
leads to ground. I loosened one
of the grond bolts all ready in the glove box and
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Next pull off the kick panel on the passenger side, just lift
up on the cover and pull off the cover.
Find the large wire harness and unwrap enough of the tape to reveal
the wires. Find the skinny White
wire with a pink stripe. This is
the one we will be using.
Carefully strip a small piece of insulation off this wire without
cutting it. Strip a piece of insulation off the remaining lead from the
switch and tightly wrap it around the exposed copper on the White/pink
wire. Test your switch, You can
solder this connection if you’d like or just tape it up really good. |
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When finished, rewrap the wire bundle with electrical tape and
place it back as it was. Replace
the cover and the glove compartment box.
Note that if the switch you chose is too big, the trunk might
open sometimes if you slam the glove compartment box or if your knee hits the
corner of the glove compartment door. If this is a
problem, replace the rubber bumper on the glove compartment door with one
that is a little larger and made of a harder rubber. Ace Hardware or Home Depot should have
these. |
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