Disappearing Dollars

[Richard Ft. Lauderdale]

Yesterday, as I was coming out of a parking lot the attendant gave me several dollars change. So I wouldn't hold up the people in line behind me I put the dollar bills on top of the ash tray and drove off. When I came to a stop sign the dollar bills slid under the dash from on top of the ash tray cover never to be seen again. I tried sliding a thin piece of plastic between the dash and the ash tray cover to to retrieve the bills to no avail. When I open the ash tray cover I can feel it hitting the bills.

I am pretty sure there is no way of retrieving the bills other than removing either the dash or the center console.

Just giving a heads up to everyone to take that two seconds not place any thin items on top of the ash tray door.

I now have figured out what that little cubby hole immediately above the ash tray is for.

 

[JOwest]

Try to suck it out with a vacuum fitted with a flat narrow nozzle. The bills may not come all the way out but maybe close enough for your to fish them out with a piece of wire.

 

[Richard Ft. Lauderdale]

Try to suck it out with a vacuum fitted with a flat narrow nozzle. The bills may not come all the way out but maybe close enough for your to fish them out with a piece of wire.

I think there is some kind of a slight drop off behind the ash tray door into which they have now been pushed because I no longer feel the when I open the ash tray door. I'm pretty sure they are gone forever. My main concern is that they may cause a malfunction of something by coming into contact with something in the dash, like the CD player.

 

[DanTheMan]

Yesterday, as I was coming out of a parking lot the attendant gave me several dollars change. So I wouldn't hold up the people in line behind me I put the dollar bills on top of the ash tray and drove off. When I came to a stop sign the dollar bills slid under the dash from on top of the ash tray cover never to be seen again. I tried sliding a thin piece of plastic between the dash and the ash tray cover to to retrieve the bills to no avail. When I open the ash tray cover I can feel it hitting the bills.

I am pretty sure there is no way of retrieving the bills other than removing either the dash or the center console.

Just giving a heads up to everyone to take that two seconds not place any thin items on top of the ash tray door.

I now have figured out what that little cubby hole immediately above the ash tray is for.

I haven't looked, but can you remove the ash tray itself, thereby gaining at least partial access to the concealed area?

Dan :>)

 

[Richard Ft. Lauderdale]

I haven't looked, but can you remove the ash tray itself, thereby gaining at least partial access to the concealed area?

Dan :>)

Tried it to no avail.