I use a chisel and a hammer to get a point started and then a hammer and a putty knife to chase the slot all the way around. Be sure to remove the two screws in there. Breaking off the tabs as Ken suggests will work, but then you lose the best means of reassembling the thing--drilling holes in the tabs and using small cable ties. Jim On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 4:29 PM kenneth wilford (Van-Again) < kenwilfy@comcast.net> wrote: > I usually just break all of the welds by grabbing them with a pair of vise > grips and giving them a few quick back and forth motions until that snap > off or loose. You aren't going to be reusing them again anyway. Should > have gotten a set of clips to put the box back together when you are done. > > Ken > > On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 4:55 PM, Robert Clemmer <n51219@comcast.net> > wrote: > > > I'm sure this has been discussed else where, but I'm not so good on > > searches. > > > > > > > > What is the best way to split the glued heater box? Will heat at the > seams > > help? I have a feeling that new words will be invented before I'm done. > > > > > > > > Thanks, Bob C > > > > > > -- > Thanks, > Ken Wilford > John 3:16 > www.vanagain.com > |
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