Hey gang!

Just researched the forum and haven't found much, so I'm submitting a new thread.

Went to close my Glovebox in my 82 300SD (126) two days ago and was very surprised to hear a 'crunch' when I should have heard a nice 'click'. Sure enough, the little pot-metal (?) based 'U' that grabs onto the latch had disintegrated. What was once a 'U' now looks like '| |'

Looked just about everywhere, including FastLane, and can't find anyone who sells the 'U'. Check out both wrecking yards near me and they laughed when I mentioned anything older than the mid-90s. Thought I saw one listing on eBay, but the 'U' they were selling looked completely different (black and plastic).

In other news, she just crossed 369,000 miles!!

-James

lemme know if you need a box, I hve rebuilt a few, and have spares I think.

check the dealer, i replaced mine...it has a spring mech as i recall

Thanks to all who posted replies and helped - Car's developed a newer, more intriguing problem with crummy idle and smoke issues - I'm researching through the forums as I type this.

We're almost up to 370,000 now!

-James