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04-18-2016, 03:48 PM
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Removing ashtray
Guys,
I'm hoping someone has a solution to remove the ashtray on my '70 C-10. Ashtray slides in/out easily but I want to remove it to clean it. For some odd reason it will not come out of the dashboard. I push down on the metal tab (located in the center rear of the ashtray bin just below the edge on the dash plate) almost to the point I'm afraid its going to break off but it still won't allow it to be removed. Is there something I'm not doing correctly????? Help!
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04-18-2016, 05:04 PM
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Re: Removing ashtray
pull harder
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04-18-2016, 05:08 PM
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Re: Removing ashtray
Seriously?
 So you think its just stuck? It is a little rusty. I had to shoot a tiny bit of WD40 along the glides to get it to slide in/out easier.
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04-18-2016, 05:10 PM
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Re: Removing ashtray
you push down on the center thing that is there for you to put the butt in
if you push it down then pull it out
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04-18-2016, 05:13 PM
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Re: Removing ashtray
Ok guys I"ll give it a big, hard pull on Friday when I'll be working on it next....I'll report back!!!
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04-18-2016, 05:19 PM
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Re: Removing ashtray
Mine was stuck and I pulled it harder, popped right out.
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04-18-2016, 05:40 PM
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Re: Removing ashtray
You probly have the ball bearing type, these can get alittle stuck if not used occasionally. Maybe a little white lithium before you put it back.
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04-18-2016, 05:43 PM
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Re: Removing ashtray
Yup, ball bearing type.
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04-18-2016, 11:53 PM
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Re: Removing ashtray
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You may have some rust on the tracks I suppose. WD in the RIGHT places should cure that.
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04-19-2016, 12:13 AM
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Re: Removing ashtray
are we having a discussion on removing an ashtray?
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04-19-2016, 12:21 AM
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Re: Removing ashtray
mine was tough too, just put the wd to it, push tab down and kinda jerk it out.
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04-19-2016, 12:51 AM
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Think it changed in 72? Maybe? |
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04-19-2016, 01:14 AM
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04-19-2016, 02:42 AM
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Re: Removing ashtray
Just make sure that there isn't anything in the tray that could bend anything on the way out. After that just press the tab down and yank real good. I recently cleaned a bunch of goo and crap out of mine. Never used in 13 years and it slid out very easily. It's not plastic so you can't break it.
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04-22-2016, 01:26 AM
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Re: Removing ashtray
Only thing that could go wrong is the top bracket has no screws, and the bottom has one screw inserted from the top, the other from the bottom............Like how I found mine before I removed it.
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04-22-2016, 11:51 AM
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Re: Removing ashtray
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Am I the only one who reads these and then wishes I was in the garage with the posters helping them work on thier trucks? 
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04-22-2016, 12:07 PM
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04-22-2016, 12:10 PM
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Re: Removing ashtray
Well now I can sleep tonight knowing that this issue is taken care of, lol. Glad you got it sorted, I know it's always unerving pulling on things if you aren't 100% sure it should come out.
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