Something that makes the job a lot more easy and controllable is a pair of
bent-nosed pliers. You can pull straight back, but the ends hook around to
grip the flat part of the metal extension in front of the molded know so
that you are not actually pulling on the knob. It makes removal
incident-free.

Then use a pocketknife blade to get under the bezel and rock the pressed
pins out of the mounting holes and you won't break that, either.

Jim

On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com
> wrote:

> Bill, you certainly can. However, it takes a strong pull and I have yet
> to get a knob off without damaging the panel and/or banging my hand into
> something when it releases.
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.
>
>
> On 03/04/2013 11:57 AM, WILLIAM WITZ wrote:
>
>> Hi all I have an 84 westy. I was wondering if you can pull the plastic
>> knobs on
>> the air/ heat levers in order to remove the plate. I have some new leds
>> for my
>> burnt out lights. Thanks in advance.
>> Bill 84 westy -Tiico
>>
>>