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On Fri, 2004-06-18 at 22:11, Jim Adney wrote: > On 19 Jun 2004 at 0:06, Dave Hall wrote: > > > You might get somewhere by removing that hinge from the pillar and working the > > thing through a greater angle than normal, but the leverage the door exerts is > > much more than you could do with a self-grip wrench. > > I've seen pictures of a special tool to push the hinge pins out of beetle > hinges. Was there such a tool for type 3s? I've often thought that if I could > do this I could free up a hinge much more easily. > > If the pins come out, which way do they come out? They come out the top. Don't think I have ever had one out of a T-3. Have done a few on T-1's. to install right side mirrors on early ones. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org