Andy1000
Member Since: 23 May 2012
Location: Doncaster
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Driving to work this morning and noticed something hanging out of the glove box. On closer inspection it was a stick on black felt strip about 1cm wide and 30cm long that was hanging out from the recess underneath the bottom front edge of the upper glove compartment (you can access with your fingers when the bottom compartment is open but top one closed). I could see no use for it so pulled it off before it came away totally. Does anyone the reason for this strip?
Thanks
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 3rd Jul 2012 9:36 am |
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APL
Member Since: 14 Sep 2011
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NVH reduction, probably....! 2016 Discovery 4 Commercial
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| 3rd Jul 2012 10:23 am |
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chalky
Member Since: 22 Aug 2008
Location: Yorkshire
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Yes it is the glue that holds the car together !
Removing this will surely lead to EGR failure, turbo failure, split intercooler hose and last but not least the cam belt tensioner mounting bolt will shear detonating your engine internals !
I'd put it back ! Only dead fish go with the Flow !
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| 3rd Jul 2012 10:52 am |
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APL
Member Since: 14 Sep 2011
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By removing it, you've probably invalidated your factory warranty!
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| 3rd Jul 2012 11:17 am |
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chalky
Member Since: 22 Aug 2008
Location: Yorkshire
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Where abouts In Donny Are you ? Only dead fish go with the Flow !
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| 3rd Jul 2012 12:09 pm |
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Andy1000
Member Since: 23 May 2012
Location: Doncaster
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Thank's for the answers/comments. My only concern is that some horrific squeak or rattle will occur. Has everyone else got one? Also thought it could have been left over from the manufacturing process.
Ps I'm in the Everton area of Doncaster.
Andy.
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| 3rd Jul 2012 3:19 pm |
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nigel207
Member Since: 26 Mar 2009
Location: Nottinghamshire
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That's not Doncaster! You might have a Donny post code, but you're well and truly planted in Nottinghamshire! I have sad memories of a Tornado crash there several years ago, with the sad loss of two brave lads.
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| 3rd Jul 2012 3:39 pm |
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chalky
Member Since: 22 Aug 2008
Location: Yorkshire
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Yeah he's right that's not Donny !
I'm just tother side of Bawtry !
And I don't remember a tornado crash out this way ?
What year was that ?
And on a similar vein, what about that this afternoon ? Two down in north sea ? Only dead fish go with the Flow !
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| 3rd Jul 2012 4:18 pm |
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nigel207
Member Since: 26 Mar 2009
Location: Nottinghamshire
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It was 1999, when (I won't speak ill of the dead!) a Cessna was flying lower than it should have been with its transponder turned off, the occupants taking aerial photographs (no doubt to later flog!) over Mattersey. A Tornado flying at the same height hit it and killed all four. What was left of the Cessna floated down in bits around Mattersey, with the Tornado crashing in a field just to the north east of Everton.
I was sent to the Tornado (Traffic Police at the time - in the good old days when Notts had such creatures!) and when I got there, it really was a WTF moment! Bearing in mind the things I had seen at road crashes etc, the sheer scale of this thing was unbelievable; the remains of the Tornado being spread over an area about 100m wide by 4-500 m long.
Just read the item from today. Doesn't look good for one crew sadly, but fortunately the others are ok.
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| 3rd Jul 2012 4:52 pm |
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amazing
Member Since: 05 Mar 2011
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checked mine..no felt strip... It is better to have and not need it then need and not have it.
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| 4th Jul 2012 1:14 am |
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Flack
Member Since: 06 Sep 2006
Location: Preston Lancashire
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I had the same the other day when I stripped the dash out to fit a rear view camera this strip of felt fell down, its just a padding for the glove box lid when its shut I presume to stop it squeaking.
Flack 
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| 4th Jul 2012 9:48 am |
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Andy1000
Member Since: 23 May 2012
Location: Doncaster
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Thanks for the replies - greatly appreciated. Unfprtunately I didn't check exactly where it was stuck before I pulled off the last part. If I start to get a sqeak and want to replace can you describe where it should be for me.
Thanks,
Andy.
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| 4th Jul 2012 11:23 am |
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Andy1000
Member Since: 23 May 2012
Location: Doncaster
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Sorry for the spelling 
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| 4th Jul 2012 11:26 am |
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Andrew Pepper
Member Since: 05 May 2011
Location: Camberley
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My felt strip came off over a year ago, and there have been no untoward noises coming from that direction since then, so just bin it! Andrew
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| 7th Jul 2012 9:40 pm |
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NickJ
Member Since: 11 Oct 2010
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Andrew Pepper wrote:so just bin it!
Dont do that, put it in the garage drawer labelled 'D3 bits and pieces - broken, worn out and replaced because i wanted to spend more money'.
I'm going to need a bigger drawer soon 
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| 8th Jul 2012 6:48 am |
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