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Location: Southern California | So there this handle remover tool on Ebay, item #290247830317. Price is up to $200 with a couple of days left. I'll be doing some interior work in the near future and wondering just how important this tool may be to my job.
What do you think?
It got me thinking that maybe if others can use it that we start a special tool crib that members can use or even rent for a small amount, reducing $ price of an item like this.
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Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island | Absolutely not worth the $200 Gary - if it's the "normal" square shafts for the window cranks, you can use a simple hook made out of a sturdy nail for to "open" the clip.
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Location: .Norfolk..Mafia.. ,England UK | That is a SHED Load of $$$$$$$$$$$$
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&viewitem=&...
But given the PIC,s .. It should be Very Simple to Reproduce.. |
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Location: .Norfolk..Mafia.. ,England UK |
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Location: Ballwin, Missouri | This tool and the homemade tools that some of the members use was the subject of a thread
a year or so ago. If you do a search you may be able to find that thread for some really good
and innovative ideas. And for ALOT LESS than $200.00 !!!!!!
Although I have to add, I don't have much faith or hope when I try to
use the SEARCH feature of this web site. I wish they had a different method
or design for the search area.
Here is the one I made to take the handles off of my Coronet.
http://www.forwardlook.net/forums/photos/photo-thumbnails.asp?album...
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Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island | That's a serious tool Larry, I just knew that I saw something here, but could not remember where. I agree - it's difficult to make a good search here - partly, this is also "our" fault - we tend to drift away into subthreads and trivia's so a good started thread will be mixed up with not relevant information.
We need a "Tech" section for raw technical information if you ask me - then we need the discipline to keep out other stuff. |
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Location: A proud Canadian | For that ridiculous price it should be gold plated, signed by Exner himself, and come with a certificate of authenticity... As many did here, I made my own... I modified a universal door handle removal tool to do the job. I would never dish that kinda cash for such a simply made singular purpose tool... $200.00 could buy many more important things that would serve you far better in the long run. |
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Location: Northwest Iowa | s**t damb man I think someone is smoking some goooood stuff here in this auction :
Just go here and get a pocket full of tools for way cheap compared to that Ebay auction;
http://www.forwardlook.net/sitestore/tools.htm |
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Location: Etters Pa | this thread perhaps?
http://www.forwardlook.net/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=9023&p... |
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| I use a $2 brake adjusting tool. Works great.
Hard to believe someone would pay $200 for this.
Good pictures, thank you.
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Location: New Jersey | Good grief----$200????----I have 4 of them in my work area in the basement. They should be easy to find at flea markets. Pick one up for a buck! |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil!
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Location: bishop, ca | AND, I will give youse-guys priceless information on how to use your correct-tool, or home-made-guy.
When the door lever or window crank (especially) is tight up against the trim panel, you can not see from which of the four
compass directions to approach the square locking washer, with the tool.
I've got a simple ditty (can't think of the trechnical term for this memory-trick) : :"The "FORKS" (of the tool, or your-tool) go DOWN at NINE(o'clock); meaning that you position the window crank so that it's pointing toward the 9:00 O'clock position, and then you use your tool to go down onto the backside of the crank , so that the lifting-tab will be oriented upward, and will, thus, be able to be pried outward by your tool, going down on it, and causing the window-crank to lose its grip onto the window-mechanism's arm, which will allow the the crank will be pulled away/off from the window-mechanism's arm.
On the above pics, you need to rotate/flip, mentally, the window crank, and you will see that when it is positioned toward 9:O'clock, its lifting-tab will be positioned directly upwards.
The Forks Go Down at Nine.
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Location: Southern California | Alls what I needed to hear! Thanks guys...good info! Great ideas! |
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Location: Bruceville,Texas | The specs. for making a door handle tool are in the service manual. Anyone doing repair work on a car should always invest in a factory service manual.
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