Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 08:35:54 -0800
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From: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Sliding door inner panel removal -- any gotchas?
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Ah -- thankee.
--
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 8:25 AM Jake de Villiers wrote:
> Rocky, you can get a K & D Tools (or equivalent) trim tool at most any
> FLAPS. They are thinner than the cast dandelion tool and will stress
> the Masonite panels less.
>
> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 7:57 AM, Rocket J Squirrel
> <camping.elliott@gmail.com <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> 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
> <mailto: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
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Jake
>
> 1984 Vanagon GL
> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
>
> Crescent Beach, BC
>
> www.thebassspa.com <http://www.thebassspa.com>
> www.crescentbeachguitar.com <http://www.crescentbeachguitar.com>
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>
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