help

[pnyinprgrs]

currently I have two manuals and not one of them says how to remove the cigarette lighter besides remove connector cable and remove lighter.
My dilemma is I can not get the friggin thing to come out. anyone with some advice?

[DageonYar]

What year is your pony?

[84stanggt-top]

It should be a press fit barrel. over time gunk and oxidation of the ring interference point will jam it in there. safest way to remove is to pull the console out and push from behind, sucks, but that plastic doesn't take much before it explodes.

[pnyinprgrs]

sorry I guess some info would have helped . it is an 89 GT. To remove the console it is just the bolts on the back under the arm rest,correct?

[TheAnnihilator]

If I recall correctly there are also 2 under the shifter boot plate, just pop it up and they should be there.

Every thing you should need

[84stanggt-top]

There are 6 in total to remove the console, two under the ashtray, two under the e-brake handle cover (or boot plate as annihilator mentioned), and the two in the arm rest. Alhtough I'm most familiar with pre 87, but for sure there will be 6 screws altogether

[pnyinprgrs]

got the bolts out but I can not get the actual lighter itself to come out to you just pull from the back to get it out or what?

[pnyinprgrs]

anyway to do it without busting it all up?

[lone sailor]

You should be able to push it out from the back, and it will come out from the top of the console.

[pnyinprgrs]

there is a metal bracket between the lighter and the plastic . Will it just pop past that without breaking anything?

[84stanggt-top]

Yep it should. unless there is a threaded collar underneath, but I can;t remember any mustangs having that style. I would try turning (spinning) the lighter barrel from underneath, that will tell you if the bracket is holding the lighter, but a simple twist and push from behind is all that should be needed.

[pnyinprgrs]

well from underneath the lighter spins around but the whole lighter assembly under the console is larger than the hole. also there is a black clip attached to the lighter, does this come off or need to be broken off. there is a silver ring around the lighter on the top side where the ligther itself goes in. please help.

[pnyinprgrs]

well got the lighter out and thanks for the advice and just so everyone knows. on mine at least the lighter was threaded into the housing . If anyone else is replacing their lighter and are stuck let me know.

[84stanggt-top]

Glad to be of assistance (if you can call it that hehe). At least you asked first, my questions are usually "I broke this doing this? any ideas?" and the responses are usually "because you should have done this"

Its all fun, look at it this way, you saved about a $100 bucks to have a dealer replace it

[TheAnnihilator]

Originally Posted by 84stanggt-top

There are 6 in total to remove the console, two under the ashtray, two under the e-brake handle cover (or boot plate as annihilator mentioned), and the two in the arm rest. Alhtough I'm most familiar with pre 87, but for sure there will be 6 screws altogether

Non under the ashtray for this one, because the ashtray is in the middle of the console for 87-93, not right at the top. The cigarette lighter has also been moved from the front, it's beside the e-brake on the left behind the ashtray.