In a message dated 8/27/02 11:09:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
KimBrennan@AOL.COM writes:

> Interesting. Your description does not match my glovebox, at least on my 91
> Westy, which I had out and off just the other day. There are no cables of
> any
> kind on mine. It has two tabs at the rear corners. I push these in to clear
> the front of the dast, and the whole thing pivots, almost upside down. Then
> the hinge is in a postion to slide out in its keyed position. What year are
> you dealing with?
>
>

80-85 vanagons had little rubber cables that hold the glovebox in the open
position, '86-'91 had plastic tabs molded onto the glovebox that you bend and
always snap off when you try to remove the glovebox when its cold.  the 86-91
also have the slots for the rubber cables, in the glovebox, and in the body
behind it if you want to put them in.   or even better than the rubber, use
nylon twine or wire.
chris