Help! Quarter is stuck!

ni8shadow · 03-10-2010, 01:27 PM

Getting change out of the ash tray for the drive through and one of them, somehow through some miracle of physics, jumps into the space above the ashtray cover! Now the cover won't open all the way unless the quarter slides around back there. How do I get it out?

sam2428 · 03-10-2010, 01:30 PM

Try using a pair of tweezers? Or maybe a magnet? lol

e90David335i · 03-10-2010, 01:35 PM

hahahahah, That'll happen to me!
Just a matter of time.

ibeclueless · 03-10-2010, 01:38 PM

oh man, i will need to watch out for that too

sourphish · 03-10-2010, 01:43 PM

Lol, maybe you can get a Popsicle stick and put double-sided tape or some other adhesive

Cosmop · 03-10-2010, 01:47 PM

It's funny that we don't use the ash tray for cigarette ashes anymore

NiVeDh · 03-10-2010, 01:49 PM

Remove the center console trim.

cotmfk · 03-10-2010, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by NiVeDh

Remove the center console trim.

This. It's actually not very hard to do. Look on the p3cars.com website on how to install the vent guage. In there is a DIY on how to remove the center console trim. Good luck!

khaye1 · 03-10-2010, 02:07 PM

cant you remove the ash tray?

ni8shadow · 03-10-2010, 02:46 PM

Its stuck behind the entire ash tray section. Ill take a look at the diys. If its too daunting ill just live with it.

continentalg5 · 03-10-2010, 02:48 PM

I had a screwdriver fall in my radiator fan, tried for hours to get it out...stopped by pep boys and bought a magnet...got it out in 10 seconds.

Get a magnet, it'll more than likely solve your problem.

fnckr · 03-10-2010, 02:50 PM

Quarters are not magnetic.

continentalg5 · 03-10-2010, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by fnckr

Quarters are not magnetic.

I just tried it...you're right lol

boogiee90 · 03-10-2010, 02:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiVeDh

Remove the center console trim.

+1 too easy to remove...

burberry · 03-10-2010, 03:03 PM

i think i had that happen to me once. don't quite remember how i got it out.

Tee212 · 03-10-2010, 03:26 PM

time to sell the car lol

fdriller9 · 03-10-2010, 03:47 PM

I have an extendable magnet "pen" that elongates to about 2 feet. Really useful and has helped me many times. Go to any hardware store they should have it. Or try removing the trim...I do this almost everytime I clean...really easy.

Syndicategt · 03-10-2010, 03:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiVeDh

Remove the center console trim.

+1 I found lots of change behind there! Remember to pull the shift knob REALLY hard!

Priority 1 · 03-10-2010, 04:31 PM

You don't have to remove anything. I lost a lot of quarters behind there one day, and before i had the time to really dive in there all of the change worked itself back into the bay for the removable ash tray. My ash tray lid also wouldn't rotate back the whole way then when i noticed that it did i lifted the ash tray out and saw part of the quarters sticking out from under the back wall. Just be careful to pull them out instead of pushing them back in.

Unfortunately you only have the 328...might not have the torque to free them up on their own.

I've also lost change under the vents below the passenger seat...those are impossible to get out.

BMWjames · 03-10-2010, 04:35 PM

accelerate really fast if that doesn't work brake really hard and hopefully it'll move!

PaulBailey@ltbmw · 03-10-2010, 04:37 PM

Same thing happened to me. I didnt get it out until i changed my trim.

TheRox · 03-10-2010, 04:38 PM

drive thru?

Check your diet...haha, i joke

use tweezers!

03-10-2010, 01:27 PM	#1
ni8shadow First Lieutenant 43 Rep 363 Posts Drives: e90 328i 6MT Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Canyon Country iTrader: (2)	Help! Quarter is stuck! Getting change out of the ash tray for the drive through and one of them, somehow through some miracle of physics, jumps into the space above the ashtray cover! Now the cover won't open all the way unless the quarter slides around back there. How do I get it out?
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e90David335i First Lieutenant 26 Rep 324 Posts Drives: 2008 335i Sport, 1990 325is Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: White Sulphur Springs, WV iTrader: (0)	hahahahah, That'll happen to me! Just a matter of time. __________________
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Cosmop Private First Class 38 Rep 141 Posts Drives: 2009 E90 335i Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Houston, TX iTrader: (0)	It's funny that we don't use the ash tray for cigarette ashes anymore
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khaye1 Colonel 145 Rep 2,809 Posts Drives: 18 AW F80 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Diego iTrader: (8)	cant you remove the ash tray? __________________
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ni8shadow First Lieutenant 43 Rep 363 Posts Drives: e90 328i 6MT Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Canyon Country iTrader: (2)	Its stuck behind the entire ash tray section. Ill take a look at the diys. If its too daunting ill just live with it.
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continentalg5 Major 17 Rep 1,074 Posts Drives: BMW Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Earth iTrader: (0)	I had a screwdriver fall in my radiator fan, tried for hours to get it out...stopped by pep boys and bought a magnet...got it out in 10 seconds. Get a magnet, it'll more than likely solve your problem.
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fnckr Second Lieutenant 6 Rep 247 Posts Drives: 2006 330i 6mt Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Boonton Twp, NJ iTrader: (0)	Quarters are not magnetic. __________________ It's Funseeker! I'm all about the good times!
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burberry Caffeine Addict 46 Rep 1,987 Posts Drives: E93 M3 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Brooklyn, NY iTrader: (3)	i think i had that happen to me once. don't quite remember how i got it out. __________________ '07 E90 335xi ► '09 E90 335i ► '08 E93 M3 ► ???
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Tee212 Banned 81 Rep 4,541 Posts Drives: yes Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Riverside iTrader: (9) Garage List 2010 335 [8.00]	time to sell the car lol
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fdriller9 Banned 253 Rep 7,089 Posts Drives: '06 AW 330xi Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: North Jersey/Philly/NYC iTrader: (4) Garage List 2006 330xi [6.44]	I have an extendable magnet "pen" that elongates to about 2 feet. Really useful and has helped me many times. Go to any hardware store they should have it. Or try removing the trim...I do this almost everytime I clean...really easy.
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03-10-2010, 04:31 PM	#19
Priority 1 Private First Class 9 Rep 157 Posts Drives: e92 335xi Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Philadelphia iTrader: (0)	You don't have to remove anything. I lost a lot of quarters behind there one day, and before i had the time to really dive in there all of the change worked itself back into the bay for the removable ash tray. My ash tray lid also wouldn't rotate back the whole way then when i noticed that it did i lifted the ash tray out and saw part of the quarters sticking out from under the back wall. Just be careful to pull them out instead of pushing them back in. Unfortunately you only have the 328...might not have the torque to free them up on their own. I've also lost change under the vents below the passenger seat...those are impossible to get out.
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BMWjames Lieutenant Colonel 81 Rep 1,670 Posts Drives: E90 Join Date: May 2009 Location: USA iTrader: (45)	accelerate really fast if that doesn't work brake really hard and hopefully it'll move!
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PaulBailey@ltbmw General 665 Rep 26,878 Posts Drives: 2-325 330 2-335 2-Z4 2-135 X5d Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Huntington Beach, CA iTrader: (34) Garage List 2008 BMW 335i E90 [7.00] 2011 BMW 335i E92 [7.96]	Same thing happened to me. I didnt get it out until i changed my trim.
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TheRox Colonel 119 Rep 2,312 Posts Drives: 6mt Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Here and there iTrader: (2)	drive thru? Check your diet...haha, i joke use tweezers!
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