I want to remove this glovebox lock, or at least the plastic thing off the front if it is separable? So that I can dis-assemble the glovebox door for a bit of resto work. I'm not sure if this lock is common to other Datsuns? It's in my H230, and I can't find anything covering this subject in the workshop manual.

Shitty photos but better than nothing:


There is a hole in the back but I can't figure out if it has a purpose, and the little finger thing protruding out the back above the latch is rigid.

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1973 H230 Wagon, 'ILL-260'
1975 911S Targa
1978 Torana Hatch
1999 GXE10

Nobody can help me with this?

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1973 H230 Wagon, 'ILL-260'
1975 911S Targa
1978 Torana Hatch
1999 GXE10

this is on my stanza






Whats in the 4 brass holes?
Unscrew any screws on the door

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1979 Datsun Stanza Coupe
1979 Datsun Stanza Coupe Project
1979 Datsun Stanza GX
1982 Datsun Stanza GX
1966 Nissan Cedric Custom Six
1972 Volkswagen Beetle
1974 Toyota Landcruiser Stallion (SWB)
EziAutoParts

The brass or zinc plated things you're seeing are threaded holes where I had pulled the screws out of when I took the photo.

I undid all of the screws in the door but it didn't change the problem. That black plastic thing on the front of the barrel is (at the moment) rigidly connected to the latch on the back of the door, you can loosen everything else but that will hold it all together awkwardly.

I need to seperate the front and the rear of the mechanism... I just can't figure out how it comes apart.

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1973 H230 Wagon, 'ILL-260'
1975 911S Targa
1978 Torana Hatch
1999 GXE10

Ok i just went and took mine apart.. looks like the front doesnt pull off, once the circlip is off the lock pulls out



The little knobby bit to the right on my first pic in is thread, has a thread on the inside and a screw that holds on another piece of the lock

Hope this helps, as i broke my glovebox door taking this out :/

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1979 Datsun Stanza Coupe
1979 Datsun Stanza Coupe Project
1979 Datsun Stanza GX
1982 Datsun Stanza GX
1966 Nissan Cedric Custom Six
1972 Volkswagen Beetle
1974 Toyota Landcruiser Stallion (SWB)
EziAutoParts

What do you mean by "has a thread on the inside"? Mine seems pretty rigid, I put the vice grips onto the finger thing on mine and it didn't wanna move. My lock doesn't have a huge circlip standing out like dog's balls like yours

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1973 H230 Wagon, 'ILL-260'
1975 911S Targa
1978 Torana Hatch
1999 GXE10

haha
like the knobby bit is connected to a different bit, and the screw screws inside the knobby bit to hold this thing onto the door

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1979 Datsun Stanza Coupe
1979 Datsun Stanza Coupe Project
1979 Datsun Stanza GX
1982 Datsun Stanza GX
1966 Nissan Cedric Custom Six
1972 Volkswagen Beetle
1974 Toyota Landcruiser Stallion (SWB)
EziAutoParts

Take it easy on the terminology dude!

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1973 H230 Wagon, 'ILL-260'
1975 911S Targa
1978 Torana Hatch
1999 GXE10

because its not a nut, you need to unscrew it from the other side

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1979 Datsun Stanza Coupe
1979 Datsun Stanza Coupe Project
1979 Datsun Stanza GX
1982 Datsun Stanza GX
1966 Nissan Cedric Custom Six
1972 Volkswagen Beetle
1974 Toyota Landcruiser Stallion (SWB)
EziAutoParts

hey dude, i will look at the one on my parts car and see if i can work it out, maybe break it down or something lol

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1971 B110
1971 P510
1974 H230
1974 B120

just had a look on my lunch break, there IS a simple solution:

-so undid 'all' the screws on the inside of the glovebox lid
-this then loosened the front plastic trim which has the datsun badge on it,
-i used a 5c piece to lever and gently prise the black knob forward and IT does pop off
-the assembly will then slide out at the back and BOB is your uncle

Don't say i don't ever do anything for you

get the black knob off and BAM job done

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1971 B110
1971 P510
1974 H230
1974 B120

Well I'm a bit embarrassed to say that I tried levering that black knob off today (again) and it really didn't want to budge, I was starting to bend the edges of it and I decided not to try any harder - don't want to break anything - when I worked out I could just manage to do the job that I needed without it fully removed.

So sorry for all the hassles, and at least there's a published solution on the internet now, even if I couldn't get it to work for me.

Cheers! lol

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1973 H230 Wagon, 'ILL-260'
1975 911S Targa
1978 Torana Hatch
1999 GXE10

haha if you break it i got a spare anyways

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1971 B110
1971 P510
1974 H230
1974 B120

at a guess it could have been an interference fit and someone has had it off in the past and glued it back on??

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My garage:
180b sedan daily (needs some TLC)
180B sss (under restoration)
180b Wagon daily
http://ozdat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f= ... 9&start=30

Yep I was thinking that

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1973 H230 Wagon, 'ILL-260'
1975 911S Targa
1978 Torana Hatch
1999 GXE10