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
> 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> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>

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