Floor console cap

[Earnest Lee]

Hi guys,
Anyone know the part no. of the plastic, rectangular cap for the floor console?
Tried every breakers yard in the region, so gonna have to buy a new one!

Cheers

[WiNgNuTz]

Not sure if I'm being a bit dense, but I'm struggling to work out which part you mean...any pics of where it should go?

EDIT: Do you mean the little bit that lives underneath the Handbrake lever?

[Earnest Lee]

Not sure if I'm being a bit dense, but I'm struggling to work out which part you mean...any pics of where it should go?

EDIT: Do you mean the little bit that lives underneath the Handbrake lever?

You got it sir!
Had two 306's now and they always seem to go astray!!!!

[Toms306]

Theyre usually under the console, have you tried removing it?

[Earnest Lee]

Its the cap/cover that I need!
Someones already removed it and I need a replacement.


Sorry Tom,
Just realised wot you meant -
Yeah. - Had a good look under console itself and it aint there

[Toms306]

Yeah, they get pushed through the hole and end up underneath the console somehow. If you remove the console, it might be under there.

[Eeyore]

ive probably got one.

[Iceman299]

Theyre usually under the console, have you tried removing it?

Was just going to say this, thats where i found mine

[Toms306]

Sorry Tom,
Just realised wot you meant -
Yeah. - Had a good look under console itself and it aint there

Ah ok, that's a shame, cheap and easy to sort when they are under there lol!

I'm sure someone on here will have one....not that you can ask in the wanted section yet.

[Earnest Lee]

Guess what guys?
Yep - under the console but not where I'd expected it to be! - Evidently someone's tried to fish it out and forced it up towards the gear lever.
Think I'm gonna need skin grafts to put back what I've left behind under the console!
On reflection it would have been easier to remove it. - In view of the fact I need to adjust the handbrake anyhow. - The beauty of hindsight eh?!

[WiNgNuTz]

Ha ha, yeah, vision is always 20/20 in hindsight!

[Eeyore]

Haha you should have just removed the plastic! its like 2 nuts and 2 screws! Top tip... once youve got the plastic off where the cap sits there is a lip that always scuffs the handbrake when you take it off. Take a dremel to that and only leave the top and bottom of the lip. It will make it easier to get it on and off, wont damage the handbrake handle and the cap will still sit in it properly!

[Toms306]

You're supposed to pull the handbrake rubber off first!

But tbh that's the hardest part of the job lol, especially in the cold, its a little more flexible when warm.

[Eeyore]

You're supposed to pull the handbrake rubber off first!

But tbh that's the hardest part of the job lol, especially in the cold, its a little more flexible when warm.

ive never been able to remove it! Its easier my way!

[Toms306]

Only if people have a dremel lol, otherwise you ruin the handbrake grip....from experience.

Just heating it up with something and giving it a firm but slow tug usually gets it to slide off.

[Iceman299]

I never removed the handbrake rubber when taking the console off. I just used the wider section, where the cap fits, to get it over the handbrake

[Mattcheese31]

I never removed the handbrake rubber when taking the console off. I just used the wider section, where the cap fits, to get it over the handbrake

this . .^^^^^^ . . .

[Toms306]

Still doesn't go over without scraping the grip though...which leaves annoying marks on it.

Back on topic, has anyone managed to accidentally push that little plastic through? In all the 306s I've owned I've never managed it once, yet they're often pushed through when I first get the cars...just wondering wtf people are doing to them lol!

[Iceman299]

Mine would easily push through, the console seems to have a wider gap by about 1-2mm than the size of the cap. I just put some cloud 9 underneath it, while i was sound deadening the boot, to stop it falling down.
Seems to be fine so far.