Hers a nice simple luxury guide that was on my previous car as standard that I seamed to miss when I changed to the Fiesta.
The glove box light, lights up the interior of the glove box to enable you to find what you are looking for in the dark.
Its not as hard as it sounds really,
Tools Needed:
A Stanley knife or scalpel
Files
Soldering equipment
Insulation Tape
Parts Needed:
Ford boot light holder and plastic front
Vauxhall Nova glove box light switch and plug with wire.
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Light me up!
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And we have light
Thats quite handy
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Firstly empty your clove box (May take a while!)
Get the switch from a Vauxhall Nova(Yes I know I should talk about the enemy) but this is the only
switch that fits that is flush.
Measure the switch with a pair of callipers and make a template in word to the correct size.
Open your boot and measure the opening on the parcel shelf support where the boot light lives,
as this will be the same size that you require for the hole in the glove box.
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Seeing, as I am a nice person, below are the templates in a word document ready for you to print off and use.
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Glovebox.zip
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Below are the templates and their respective parts.
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Cut out the template for the switch and stick it to the lip on the edge of the glove box
opening about 1cm down and 5mm away from the lip on the outer edge but not in the place where
the rubber bump stops rest when the door closes.
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Using a scalpel or knife, cut/score around the template then remove the paper template so you can see what you are doing.
Keep going over the scored lines until you have cut through the plastic (Its soft so wont take long). Yes i did slip with the knife :(
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Test fit the switch then make any adjustments with the knife to the dash plastic if needed.
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Now move onto the light itself.
Decide a position that you want the light to be within the glove box,
I put mine on the right hand side to reduce the amount of wiring needed.
Stick the template on, score it and cut it again like above.
Also like above test fit the light, and it should be a nice snug fit.
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Now the wiring
Remove the centre air vent and the time clock from the top of the dash to allow access to the switch and light backs.
Get the bulb holder and solder the brown wire from it to one of the brown wires from the switch.
Run the other brown from the switch to the hole where the clock sits in the dash.
Extend the red wire from the bulb holder to the same opening in the dash.
Insulate all joins with heat shrink or insulation tape.
Then wrap both wires together with insulation tape to make them neat.
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Identify the red and brown wires from behind the clock then strip the insulation in a small
section to reveal the bare copper. DO NOT let the two exposed pieces touch as it will short out the electric system.
Strip the ends of the red and brown from the glove box light and twist them around the exposed wires,
brown-to-brown and red-to-red. If the switch is connected then the bulb will light up,
if the switch isn't connected, push it onto the plug and the bulb should light, if so,
you can remove the switch and solder the wires in place on the clock wiring.
Once done and cooled, insulate the joins and tape up any loose wires, connect the switch then replace the clock and vents.
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Something I noticed when I did this, was that there is very minimal clearance between the bulb
holder and the curved plastic stay that is attached to the glove box door, so be warned,
make sure the stay has clearance from the bulb.
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Close the glove box and the light will go out, open it and it will come on,
To check if it's going out, simply look under the dash.
Below is a picture of the light in the day and night
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Then that's that, job done, like I said it was easy.
Now just sort out what's to go back in the glove box and your away.
Hope this guide helps some of you.
Guide Written and © On 12 Mar 2006 by Andrew Whiteman (AW3K)
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