how do you remove interior door handle?

how the heck do you remove the interior door handle and window crank on a 51 ford tudor?

I know some stuff from the 60's-80's you can use a shop towel and saw it around the handle to release the clip, but its not working on the 51

 

You really need the *square forked* sort of tool that is especially made to release these clips.......get the tool.....

http://www.amazon.com/Tool-Aid-87810-Upholstery-Removal/dp/B000IHK1N6

CB

 

There is a small horse shoe retaining clips that hold the handle on. They make small hand tools that look like a two tine fork. I've done it with a thin long screwdriver.

 

If it is like a 50 Ford, push in on the escutcheon and you will see a pin. Push the pin out with a pin punch and remove the handle assembly

 

thanks I finally got it

 

CB,

Are you sure? That looks like a generic upholstery clip removing tool. I have a '51 Club Coupe I had to take a door panel off of a couple of weeks ago and had a hell of a time. I first tried the shop rag trick, and that didn't work. I then bought one of these from Amazon.com. I have used these before, but although they work good on GM cars, the clip in the Ford seems to be "backwards" and I couldn't get it to work. I finally got the clip out using two pieces of stiff wire with hooks bent into the ends. After I got it apart, I figured I could figure out what I was doing wrong. Even then, the clips seems to go in from the wrong end. In the deep recesses of my mind, I seen to vaguely remember that the proper tool is a pliers-like thing that you slide between the handle and the panel and the "roll the clip out. Anybody know the real story is?

Edit : It's completely different from a '50 and earlier.

 

I have the tool in your picture as well.......but I have used the other one with success, although I will say that it's a tricky thing to do for sure.......either tool is better than trying to do it with a thin screwdriver......and I am also doing it on a '51 Ford Victoria....

I hope I am done doing this for a while!

CB

 

Why? are you planning on kidnapping people and you dont want them to escape?

 

on my stude... you just slam the door and they pop right off!

 

If you know someone who may have ever worked on I B M Typewriters , get a tool called a Springhook. It's a very small hook on a slender handle that allowed the technician to bend bent type keys on a carrier . If you can't locate that , try a small hook tool from say Snap - On . scrubba