Date:         Fri, 6 Nov 2009 07:57:09 -0800
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Sliding door inner panel removal -- any gotchas?
Comments: To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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Thanks, Don -- I was hoping to get behind the panel to see what's up with
the handle, so having to search eBay for some "trim tool," order it, and
wait for the uniformed representative of the United States Postal Service
to deliver it would have delayed my plan.

The dandelion tool is easier to get! Ace Hardware, here I come.

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Bend, OR
KG6RCR



On 11/6/2009 7:06 AM Don Hanson wrote:

>   To remove the body trim buttons and also for removing your axle-nut
> 'cups'...get a dandelion garden tool.  True Value garden dept. or any place
> like that.  They look like a big screwdriver that got stuck in a
> wringer..The tip is flattened with a notch cut in the middle of the flat.  A
> bit of a bend is there also to let you slip it behind the panel and pry the
> buttons loose from behind the panel.  They also work to remove the dust cap
> from your axles.  The flat part gets a grip under the little lip on the dust
> cap and the bend allows you to pry the cap against the wheels shape.
>   A couple of bucks...and if you have a yard and dandelions, you can do
> that, too.  Poke it into the dirt and cut off the dandelion below the
> surface of your lawn..
>   Don Hanson
>
> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 6:47 AM, W Monk <billmonk@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I would be more scared of tearing the hardboard the panel is made of than
>> breaking the clips. The clips are held to the panel in a key hole shape.
>> The tool you need is made just to remove trim. The big flat ones are better
>> than the smaller ones. If you google trim tools or some variation of that
>> you will see what you need to make or buy. I personally have this
>> need to have as many hand tools as possible and always jump at the chance
>> to run and purchase a tool I don't have. With the Zetec I got to go out and
>> purchase some different torx bits I didn't have. Two full size roll aways
>> and
>> counting....
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
>>
>