console fittings
March 17th, 2011, 10:50 PM
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console fittings
'69 Cutlass S shifter console....I have 2 white plastic ''tee'' shaped fittings about an inch long. I remember the heads fit in square opening, also there's 2 screws about an inch long , but can't figure out where ? Where do they go ? ...thanks
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March 18th, 2011, 12:53 PM
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OK, now I'm really confused, I've had the console apart several times, repairing it and making it fit, nowhere did I see where the plastic things go ! SO........ where did they come from ?????????/
March 18th, 2011, 01:35 PM
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A photo of what you're talking about might be helpful to the rest of us.
March 19th, 2011, 07:18 AM
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yes, and I think there was a screw comming thru from something into this end of the plastic. I got this picture in my head of the square end fitting a square receessed hole.......
March 26th, 2011, 05:52 PM
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I have a 69 442 automatic console that is currently apart in the basement and it doesn't have parts that look like the parts you show in the picture. Although I did find a quarter and a dime like that, along with a lot more coins when I removed the console! 
Any chance these were bushings that fit between the console and a mounting bracket in the car?
Any chance these were bushings that fit between the console and a mounting bracket in the car?
March 26th, 2011, 06:13 PM
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I agree with 69442C, I looked over a console and didn't see a place for those. Now that I think about it... I believe there's a couple pieces like that inside a non-sport steering wheel, under the horn button. Could they be from there? John
March 27th, 2011, 08:54 AM
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2blu hit the nail on the head. Those plastic pieces fit into the horn plate for the standard steering wheel. I've enclosed a photo showing where it goes and I removed the other side to show the bottom of it. A screw goes into these from the back of the steering wheel.
March 27th, 2011, 11:03 AM
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There are springs under that horn plate too that go around the round portion of the plastic parts. So if you put the steering wheel together, you may have forgotten about those too. Check in the console storage bin.
March 27th, 2011, 11:38 AM
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OK ! Here's the scoop ! they ARE horn button thingys, BUT, mine are in there. That means they were in the used console compartment when I got it . So.....now I have 2 extra plastic fittings for the horn button....if anyone needs some let me know..... thanks again guys !
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