[ReelMagic]

I own a 2003, 38 Open and there are two friction hold downs that make opening the console quite hard...... I use the 2 throttles (pulled all the way back) and the 2 shift levers (placed in reverse) to open. My experience is that you need to really exert a lot of pull/force..... Once open I put a light coat of Vaseline and it now opens much easier...... This was discussed on another thread a month or so ago. M2C