Small thin ape with long arms required ........apply within

[mike-v2tmf]

Spent this morning taking the door trims off to lube the window channels, well more like attempted to , I'm only small and I couldn't get my right arm far enogh into the n/s door to remove two of the four nuts , gave up in the end and managed to do the o/s ok

[QBee]

Me no skinny ape, but I can reach my nuts....

Where are you based Mike?

[mike-v2tmf]

Brentwood , Essex

[TV8]

just watch an episode of all creatures great and small... You have to force your arm in past the elbow with the thought that if it goes in, it will come out. Its fairly easy then

[ianwayne]

And wear long sleeves. You'll end up with scratches and posssibly 'claret' too otherwise. I did, the first time.

Draping a cloth on the edge of the speaker hole helps too.

[QBee]

I found I needed to insert my arm, 10mm ratchet ring spanner in hand, at a 30-45 degree upwards angle, right as far as it would go, then rotate the arm and hand down to where the nuts are. They are in a straight line, but the rear one is lower than the front, they are not level with the floor all the way back.
Hope this helps.

[Engineer1949]

problem is everybody`s nut are in different places


john

[QBee]

mike-v2tmf said:

Brentwood , Essex

Just added in case I was anywhere nearby.....sadly not

[ianwayne]

Also, on my previous car (a 2000 W reg), there were 4 nuts on each door card. On my current '96 model, there are only 3.

A bit of a bonus really.

[carsy]

When refitting replace the nuts with wing nuts.

No messing trying to juggle a ratchet in there next time.

[mike-v2tmf]

Cheers guys........new channel felts ordered now