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<x-charset iso-8859-1>Well I got the hood open. Since my squareback was in pretty ruff shape when I got it I had not yet put in a spare tire. I crawled underneath the front and managed to get the piece of metal that the spare tire sets on to break loose. I was then able to pull that piece out the bottom of the spare tire housing and reach my arms up to dislodge the lever. I know that I must be missing something to attach that metal piece but it worked. On the other note my squareback has metal studs that look like rivets where the waist height trim goes. These rivet looking things where put on with an allen wrench. I have new plastic clips to go on. It looks like these new clips pop into the hole and then the trim attached to that. Are the allen wrench screws not stock? Thanks, Ryan 1970 squareback 1956 bug ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ryan Schamper" <ryan.schamper@curious-id.com> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 12:06 PM Subject: [T3] Problems after painting > I recently painted my 1970 squareback and now have two problems: > > 1. The studs that hold the side chrome molding were hard to get out before I > painted but now I have to get them out so that I can assemble new trim and > connectors. Is there an easier way of getting these things out. I tried > using allen head wrench to spin them out but that is not working, I have > also tried using a drill to drill out the studs but since they are hardened > steel it is a little difficult. Any suggestions would help! > > 2. My hood will not open now since it has been painted. Before I shut the > hood to latch it I pulled the lever from in the glove compartment to make > sure it was operating, which it was. Any suggestions here also would be > greatly appreciated. > > Ryan > 1970 squareback > 1956 beetle > > > ------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> > For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ > ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ </x-charset>