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
>
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> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
>
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>
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