From digest.v7.n530 Mon Nov 3 12:11:20 1997
From: Michael Thompson <m_thompson_at_ids.net>
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 1997 08:07:34 -0500
Subject: Re: E36 glove-box removal..HELP!!

>I just spent an hour or more hanging upside down trying to get the
glovebox outta my

>95 M3 ...I got the two screws that are under the little rubber covers . I
got the two

>screws down near the bottom hinge-line . I got the two screws that hold in
the panel

>UNDER the glovebox..the long skinny grey one..but I cant get that panel to
move . I

>got out the Black panel that lies behind the above mentioned grey
one..above the

>passengers feet..so if I contort I can look up and see a bazillion wires
and the

>bottom of a blue box that is in a container of some kind. BUT I cant get
the &^%$#&*

>glovebox to move. I have tried pushing and pulling but dont want to do
some serious

>damage ..
>What am I doing wrong here? I want to replace my microfilter and install
my new JC

>chip..but I cant get there from here. HELP!!!
>Bill Proud..stuck under a dashboard in Seattle!!

You need to remove the screws behind the vents.

I took the text version of the microfilter instructions written by Jerry Skene and
Jimmy Shrake, and added pictures. The new and improved version is at:

http://users.ids.net/~thompson/bmw/microfilter.html

Let me know what you think.

Michael Thompson
E-Mail: M_Thompson_at_IDS.net