Cowl To Hood Weatherstrip Seal Removal

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December 18th, 2011, 10:26 AM

jdana24

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Cowl To Hood Weatherstrip Seal Removal

Does anyone have any tricks to removing the clips that hold down the cowl to hood weatherstrip seal without damaging them? This is for a 1968 Olds Cutlass S.

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December 18th, 2011, 03:01 PM

jdana24

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Used a poly/nylon molding removal tool from Harbor Freight, and was able to pop them out. Only damaged one of the clips.

December 18th, 2011, 03:29 PM

Lady72nRob71

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I got mine out in a similar way and broke 2. Mine were the plastic clips tho...

December 18th, 2011, 04:20 PM

boese1978

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Just did this and just pulled them and let them break. Menard's has "vinyl nails" that work perfectly to replace them. They are hiddne in the folds out of sight and were super easy to put in.