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OberonViking · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 12:25 pm Post subject: Getting the hand-holds off.

I'm having trouble getting the covers off from the hand-holds. I can wiggle the cover only up this much, not enough to get the screws out. Some of the other ones I can't wiggle the cover up at all. It's holding me up from hammering out some dings in the roof.
Any tips out there?
(This photo is of the grab handle as you get in the sliding door. It is sideways and I forgot to rotate it before I uploaded)

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Robert and Emma (and 4 kids so far)
1979 Bay Window Microbus (Restoration for daily driver due Xmas 2008 - well, some time in '09
1976 DC (daily driver - when it is running...)

66split · Moderator Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 492 Location: perth

mmmmm! i thought they just slid up. maybe try a bit of vasalene or alike and gently lever them up with something blunt.

Brookie · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 7:47 pm Post subject:

You may also have to manouvere the handle part so cover will slide or tilt further.

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OberonViking · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 6:20 pm Post subject:

They are all off now. They were quite stiff and required a small screwdriver to prise them up to get started. The texture of the handle often caught on the sharp edge of plastic and cut some of the texture away. The trick was to keep the cover as level to the surface as possible at first, then follow the curve of the handle as you got higher. The covers are very tough, I realy fought with one or two and they didn't crack.
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Robert and Emma (and 4 kids so far)
1979 Bay Window Microbus (Restoration for daily driver due Xmas 2008 - well, some time in '09
1976 DC (daily driver - when it is running...)

66split · Moderator Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 492 Location: perth

well done, sometimes its the most simple looking of tasks that take the most patience and time Wink

shaihulud · Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:10 am Post subject:

Oh! Good! I was about to suggest the use of the gas axe.

Kinga · Moderator Joined: 20 Sep 2007 Posts: 487 Location: Perth