How do I install this new glovebox lock into my glovebox door on my 65? It wont fit, I'm sure it comes apart some how.



Thanks

 

If it is like my 67 with the key in there, there is a small hole next to it. Insert a small drill bit there and fiddle with the key some. It took quite a bit but it did come apart eventually.

 

If there isn't a hole see if there's a slot in the side of the housing that a spring loaded tab from the cylinder fits in to hold the lock cylinder in.
Push that in with a small screwdriver or paper clip and with the key in see if the cylinder pulls out.
Then it should be a matter of screwing the escutcheon on to hold the housing to the glove box door and putting the cylinder back in
I'm just going how my 71 is, never worked on a '65.
The '71 service manual tells and shows you how to do it, I couldn't find anything in the '65 manual but a small illustration of the dash parts.
The instructions could possibly be in the Fisher Body manual with the key coding info?

 

Someone just posted a "How to" manual from TeamChevelle on this forum just a week or so ago.

Do a search. I downloaded it on one of my computers somewhere.

Ah...here ya go. http://www.chevelles.com/techref/glovebox.pdf

 

Yeah it's got the small hole you are talking about, I will give that a try and keep messing with it.

Thanks a bunch!

Makes sense, I have the small hole, so i need to press that in and get the cylinder out, I hope it holds in pretty tight.

Thanks for the pdf

 

There are female threads inside that fat part of the cylinder, the stainless ring that is at the top of the lock where the push button is has male threads. Simply unscrew the ring and the lock comes out of the cylinder. Be careful when you pull the lock out as there are lock pins that could fall out.

 

Ok. how did you get the stainless ring with threads out? a large allen wrench? if so what size is it?

 

1. On the tutorial that Aces posted, the guy picks the cylinder to get it to slide in and out of the lock. If you put the key in the cylinder and turn it to the unlocked position, it will just slide in and out.

2. The huge female allen thingie is impossible to find a tool for. GM probably made a special tool for it. You can use a chisel or something similar to just catch two opposing corners, and it will work fine - it doesn't have to be so tight as to need the "right" tool.

- Eric

 

Do you have thw new lock as pictured? It is exactly like the one I replaced on my console. Nothing like the Chebby one. Is your glove box locked by the old one or can you open the door? Let me know & I'll go into detail.
Higgins

 

After I bought mine, I realized I was supposed to pay extra for a tool to help grip it and unscrew it. I just used my fingers to do it, it was pretty hard, but once it got loose it was easy.