Bill, unless we are both missing the same part.....there isn't a spring to hold the catch down.

On another note, what I found wrong with mine, and this would probably apply to Ara T. as well, was one of the main glue block that holds the wood trim on the door had started to separate. What this does, is caused the door to not be sufficiently rigid and flexing of the plastic portion resulted in the glovebox door popping open all the time. Once I re-glued the wood, the problem went away.

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Sam

84 300SD 350K+ miles ( Blue Belle )