On 9/30/2013 3:24 PM, Alistair Bell wrote:
> I bought a US made(right here in Iowa) prying tool from the Lisle Corp. andit's got a really thick handle and shaft and popped the back panel nicely and no scratches. I went to a plastics dealer and had me cut me textured 1/8" ABS sheet a little bigger than the opening I nede d to cover and then used the old masonit unit for a template for the holes and rounded corners.  It's held up really well ove the years, unless you really get hung up on having the back look original.  I forget which size of Auto parts store push pins I used, but some of them have center phillips screws that spread the dog ears and that might wellsave agressive future prying......

YMMV,

DM&FS

> sure, I bet the store bought ones are fine. But you how it is, you need to get something done and you grab a tool and modify it.
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> cheers
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> alistair
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> On 2013-09-30, at 1:18 PM, Jim Felder wrote:
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>> HF sells a set of upholstery tools for under 6 dollars that will get the job done IF your plastic fasteners are not too rotten. I bought a set of the Bus Depot replacements and am more satisfied with those than anything I have found.
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>> Once upon a time I went to the dealership for a set and they said that the cost of those was so high that they were embarrassed to sell them, and they stocked a lower cost alternative (I mean, can you grasp the full implication of this?).
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>> Anyway, their "replacements" were OK, nothing you couldn't get at a well stocked FLAPS but in a light grey to match the interior of my 90.
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>> Jim
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>> On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 2:59 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>> I found them hard to remove until I got smart and modified a putty knife to make a version of the commercially available tool. I ground a  slot in the end of the knife, large enough to fit around fastener, then the knife lodes between panel and tailgate and you can pop the fastener.
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>> Alistair