Willie dog Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 (edited) Is there ANYONE out there in B model land who has a junk cab they would be willing to sell the glove box hinges out of? Mine are completely missing. They are welded to the dash and would have to be cut out. I'll even pay for shipping and for the time it takes to cut them out. Thanks in advance. Edited December 12, 2017 by Willie dog Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51938-help/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobert62 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 I'd like to see a picture of what they are supposed to look like. Mine just has a piano hinge screwed fast. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51938-help/#findComment-387257 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie dog Posted December 12, 2017 Author Share Posted December 12, 2017 1 hour ago, Hobert62 said: I'd like to see a picture of what they are supposed to look like. Mine just has a piano hinge screwed fast. I'd like to see a picture also. Must be a common thing to break. I had one left and it looked like a pretzel. They are welded to the dash frame and attach to the door by two screws. Hard to describe but they're there. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51938-help/#findComment-387260 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddeere Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Some pictures . I took the door out when I painted the interior but not the hinges . They seem to have one rivet and one possibly one screw on the bottom holding them. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51938-help/#findComment-387270 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 (edited) Ugh, I was just playing with my glovebox last weekend. For some reason it was outta whack so bad that every time I hit a bump it fell open. Seems the latch tab at the top that the paw holds was bent out(curved) that it would not hold. I removed that tab, straightened it and now it works perfect. I had loosened the hinge screws to see if for some reason the lid had dropped down and the reason it would not stay latched. Ed, I see your latch hole is tweak just like mine. The latch just move up/down and dent the metal. Edited December 12, 2017 by Freightrain Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51938-help/#findComment-387272 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddeere Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Thanks. I will try that . Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51938-help/#findComment-387282 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobert62 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Mine is diffrent. I don't have the glovebox boxed in the dash like Ed's. Mine is mounted to the door, and opens with it. It must be a b67 thing. Kind nice nothing falls out and door stays closed under its own weight. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51938-help/#findComment-387284 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie dog Posted December 12, 2017 Author Share Posted December 12, 2017 3 hours ago, eddeere said: Some pictures . I took the door out when I painted the interior but not the hinges . They seem to have one rivet and one possibly one screw on the bottom holding them. That's how mine are supposed to be. Thanks for the picture. I might be able to make some if I can't find them. Nice looking dash BTW. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51938-help/#findComment-387288 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 1 hour ago, Hobert62 said: Mine is diffrent. I don't have the glovebox boxed in the dash like Ed's. Mine is mounted to the door, and opens with it. It must be a b67 thing. Kind nice nothing falls out and door stays closed under its own weight. Strange how yours has the same damage around the latch opening that Ed and mine has with the big latch. Hmmmm. Is it a manufacturing flaw for all B dashes? Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51938-help/#findComment-387289 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobert62 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 I'm not sure how it got damage either, the thing that sticks out doesn't touch anything. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51938-help/#findComment-387296 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog13407 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 most I have are all damaged in that same spot Larry and have 1 or 2 trucks that have the metal box and not the old cardboard one.dont think it was a b67 thing, maybe just a certain time? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51938-help/#findComment-387327 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macks in nigeria Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 15 hours ago, Freightrain said: Strange how yours has the same damage around the latch opening that Ed and mine has with the big latch. Hmmmm. Is it a manufacturing flaw for all B dashes? Well 50 years is a long time for a manufacturing defect to show. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51938-help/#findComment-387332 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Now I'm on a mission. Everyone look at their glovebox latch and see what the sheetmetal looks like. Is it damaged like in the pics shown above? Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51938-help/#findComment-387334 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddeere Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 I think all of this was done to confuse collectors 50 years later. Thanks to Larry I will not have to use duct tape to keep mine closed now. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51938-help/#findComment-387347 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryS Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 I looked at mine and it isn't bent. It has been repainted and could have been straightened, who knows. Thanks to the pictures I now know that rubber bumpers go in the two holes. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51938-help/#findComment-387355 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith S Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 I won't be using my glove box hinges - they're bent to hell, but workable. I'm replacing the glove box door, hinges, and "glove box". I haven't cut them out yet: probably in January. Are you still interested, and what parts do you need? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51938-help/#findComment-388139 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie dog Posted December 27, 2017 Author Share Posted December 27, 2017 On 12/24/2017 at 3:19 PM, Keith S said: I won't be using my glove box hinges - they're bent to hell, but workable. I'm replacing the glove box door, hinges, and "glove box". I haven't cut them out yet: probably in January. Are you still interested, and what parts do you need? Thanks a million. I need the hinges themselves, I'll take the door, latch, and box if they are any good. Look at where the hinges attach to the dash frame under the glove box area and see if the end is in fact welded to the dash frame. Again, thanks a ton. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51938-help/#findComment-388328 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog13407 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 most all I have seen were originally bolted with the one big 1/4 20 phillips head bolt and the bottom 'tabs' were welded in the bottom trough channel of the dash 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51938-help/#findComment-388578 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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