hey guys I have manual windows on my 86 base and I am making cf door panels and I cant get my door panels off of the car. I removed everything and I cant get the handle to pop off...any clues?

 

Isn't there like a snap ring for the window crank?

http://www.teamfc3s.org/main/factory...88/14_BODY.pdf

 

take a towel or rag and slide the edge of it in between the handle and door panel. wiggle it around and pull it up and it should pop off. theres a little semicircle shaped metal clip that you have to push up to get it to pop off.

 

The Help parts section at the local auto parts store will have the removal tool. They often disappear when they pop off. When you reinstall the window crank, install the clip on the crank, position the crank at the clock position you want in, then give it a pop with the heel of your plam.

 

The rag trick works like a charm. You don't need a tool. Try it.

 

Haynes manual Chapter 11 Section 11 (page 254 in my copy). They use a rag method; there's even a photo.

As always, between them the FSM and the Haynes have instructions for removing and placing pretty much every component on the car. Always read them first.

 

i have the haynes in the car with all of my other junk in the trunk....cant get to it but thanks guys....rag will have to do...