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Hello all

Any idea where I could found the special tool J-5981 ?
Used for taking the inside handles off

Regards

There is a generic tool KD-431 that I bought at an auto parts store a few years ago. It may still be available. Before I found the tool, built one by cutting a notch in a piece of 16ga sheet metal. The size is 1/2 wide by 5/8 deep. I just used a scrap of sheet metal about 2 inches wide by 5 or 6 long. It does need to be stiff & smooth.

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I use the same tool as is used for Chevrolet door and window handles ca 1955 thru 1989.

Ok,thanks

An old trick that still works sometimes is to slip the edge of a shop towel between the handle and the door panel and pull it tight up against the underside of the handle where the clip fits into the groove. If you get it in the right position, you can pull the rag in a "sawing" (think like using emery cloth to polish a shaft) motion and it will dislodge the clip.

two long flat blade screw drivers achieves the same result.