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With
very little trim now left in Scarlet, I next turned my attention to
the door cards. I began using a Philips head screwdriver and removed
the obvious retaining screw in the door shut. |
The
next screw is a little tricky to remove, basically it is behind the
(spring loaded) door handle. I use the index finger of my left hand
to hold the handle out of the way and then work the Philips head
screwdriver with my right hand. Fortunately this is a very short
screw. Once the screw is removed from the door handle, I pulled open
the handle and then worked the backing out, turning it through 90
degrees and over the end of the door handle, next I moved onto the
door pulls. |
Again
using the Philips head screwdriver, I undid both of the screws in
the bottom of the door pull, then carefully lifted the entire
plastic moulding out of the door card. Incidentally, I have not
parked Scarlet inside the house, the carpet in the bottom of the
picture is a small off cut I have acquired for use when working
outside on the car - it just saves me getting covered in muck! |
There
is a further pair of Philips head screws in the door card, they are
located in the door jamb as shown in the picture. I tried to get a
picture of both screws, with the screwdriver located in the lower
one and the upper one at the top of the photo - if you look
carefully you can just make it out (black screw on a black
background, I should've known better really eh?) |
OK,
the next step was to release the trim clips along the bottom edge of
the door card, I ran my hand along the bottom edge and pulled the
card off of the door. The picture shows the trim clips undone.
A proper trim tool can be purchased from Halfords which makes
short work of removing trim panel clips. |
Nearly
there now, I unclipped the rubber piece at the top of the door card
and then lifted the card up, over the door lock pin (as shown in the
picture). The card can then be drawn along the top edge of the door
until the top part is free from the rubber wing mirror mounts (known
as cheeters). It was then a case of lifting it off of the door
panel. |
The
last picture of the day, to misquote a nursery rhyme, "and when I
got there, the cabin was bare... |
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