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Small Block

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I'm a tool freak and if i don't have it and need it i'll find it and buy it but for now i'm taking off the drip rail chrome and don't want to destroy it so i can use it later but what tool does one with experience use to accomplish the removal part of this? Tell me what tool please and tell me where to get it. I'll be removing the rear window chrome trim and the windshield trim also so clue me in if you would PLEASE. I'm ready for this phase of the project. The hows on the trim would be nice. Thanks
 
There is a special tool just for that .... Not sure where you get one ....May try Eastwood's.... I think the one I used was Snap On....
 
Harbor Freight sells a nice set of trim removal tools that are plastic so the dont mark up the surfaces. The set is under ten bucks.
 
I have an assortment of blue plastic tools i think are for this program but want to be sure so i don't screw nothing up. It would probably help if i knew how to use em. Any tips guys?
 
I have an assortment of blue plastic tools i think are for this program but want to be sure so i don't screw nothing up. It would probably help if i knew how to use em. Any tips guys? If i can do it right once then i will be on my way. I hate to tear up perfectly good trim.
 
Small Block, I posted a thread a while ago about a drip rail removal tool I made from a piece of hardwood flooring. I bumped it up for you to see. It's titled drip rail removal tool. Good luck, Geof
 
Check out this link, it shows the tool and explains how to use it. I made a tool similar to the one in the second photo by cutting notches in the sides of a stainless steel putty knife.

Windshield trim removal

Jerry

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Been using it for 21 years. Get yourself one of those old type bottle openers/ can piercers. Cover the bottle opener end with some tape and work the trim off a few inches at a time. Works great and is as easy as can be.

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I agree with Alleyoopmgv. I have used the bottle opener several times and it works great. Be sure to put a wrap of tape around it. I also put a layer of tape on the molding itself. Just work slowly and it will peel right off.
 
I'm not absolutely covered in money like Small Block so I have to work on alternative methods of removing trim. Wood shims, small hand picks, screw drivers. Removing is the easy part ... snapping it back down without putting dents in it is the fun part.
 
if you are just needing to remove the drip rail trim just use a thin block of wood about 1.5 to 2" wide. place it against the bottom of the rail and twist. i hope that makes since.
 
Good lick there Geof. That will work.
95: your a funny boy. Just think. In a few more days we'll all have money. Back when i started paying more taxes than most people in my town made i became a concerned citizen. Concerned for me and mine.
That one tool we called a church key. They are antiques now. I have one lying in the floor board of my truck. Thanks for the help guys. FABO comes through again.
 
Small Block said:
Good lick there Geof. That will work.
95: your a funny boy. Just think. In a few more days we'll all have money. Back when i started paying more taxes than most people in my town made i became a concerned citizen. Concerned for me and mine.
That one tool we called a church key. They are antiques now. I have one lying in the floor board of my truck. Thanks for the help guys. FABO comes through again.
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That's funny.

What exactly is a church key? I have a big pair of bolt cutters and a friend of mine started calling them church keys. I didn't think much of it until you mentioned it.
 
I believe that the old church keys were the original bottle openers. Think of the old-style skeleton keys with the ring on one end. Slip the far end of the ring on the top of a bottle, the close end under the cap crimps, and lift the shank. Pop!
 
FISHBREATH said:
I believe that the old church keys were the original bottle openers. Think of the old-style skeleton keys with the ring on one end. Slip the far end of the ring on the top of a bottle, the close end under the cap crimps, and lift the shank. Pop!
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Ok... I think I understand.
 
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