From ken@thebogarts.net Thu Feb 4 05:10:29 2010 Return-Path: X-Original-To: miatapower@miatapower.net Delivered-To: miatapower@miatapower.net Received: from mail-px0-f191.google.com (mail-px0-f191.google.com [209.85.216.191]) by fieldcircus.milewski.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B9E1123C00F for ; Thu, 4 Feb 2010 05:10:29 -0800 (PST) Received: by pxi29 with SMTP id 29so84927pxi.1 for ; Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:10:29 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: ken@thebogarts.net Received: by 10.114.189.18 with SMTP id m18mr709275waf.216.1265289028778; Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:10:28 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 08:10:28 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 7d980195599a49c3 Message-ID: Subject: Re: specialized tool, part number? antenna mast removal tool From: Ken Bogart To: Steve Kiffmeyer Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: MiataPower X-BeenThere: miatapower@miatapower.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Because Too Much is Never Enough List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:10:29 -0000 Snap ring pliers also work for this. Ken Bogart ----------------------------------------------------- 96 Montego Blue FFS Coldside (His) 97 Black & Tan (Hers) 90 Crystal White (sons) ------------------------------------------------------ http://www.miatacare.com http://www.cincimiata.com http://www.miatagathering.com http://www.bcchallenger.org MiataMail.com list owner On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 6:34 AM, Steve Kiffmeyer wrote: > I made a homemade tool out of desperation that worked great. I took a scr= ap > piece of wood that was about .75 X .75 X 12 inches. I put 2 decking=A0scr= ews > into one end to correspond with the slots on the mast cover...approximate= ly > 1 inch apart. The tips of the screws jutted out one side about .25 inch. = The > tips of these screws were spaced to match the slots on the antenna mast > cover. This tool easily removed the cover when I couldn't get it off any > other way short of destroying it. I spent about 10 minutes building the t= ool > and removing=A0the threaded cover...no damage. > > regards...Steve > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > Miatapower@miatapower.net > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > >