[DeTomaso] Trouble Removing Wiper Grill

[astephens]

     I finally got the grill off without causing anymore damage.  :-))   The 
four outside pins had come out ok pulling straight up with my needle nose 
pliers.  I couldn't get the inside pins free.  I finally used a long flat 
blade screwdriver to slide under the grill and on top of the lip that 
supported it.  With the blade of the screwdriver wedged near a pin,  I would 
twist the screwdriver freeing the pin from its plastic keeper.  This only 
worked because I had one end of the grill free so that I could get the 
screwdriver in there.

Art



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Braun" <doug at silicondesigns.com>
To: "astephens" <artstephens at charter.net>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 10:52 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Trouble Removing Wiper Grill


> Art,
>
> Mine were similarly stuck to the cowl so I fabricated a j-hook shaped tool
> out of steel using a grinder.  The hook was as large as I could make it 
> and
> still pass through the grate and hook underneath.  I used a Vise-Grip to
> hold the hook.  This way I could apply pressure near one of the pins where
> the grill is strongest without chipping the paint on the cowl
>
> Doug Braun
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
> [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]On Behalf Of astephens
> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 1:39 PM
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Trouble Removing Wiper Grill
>
>     It appears that the wiper grills have never been off of #2556,  so it
> looks like they have been there for 37 years!  I've already broken one 
> using
> needle nose pliers,  (the way I have always removed them on #4268).  Any
> suggestions on how to get these off without doing any more damage?
>
> Art
>
>
>
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