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Remove E85 kidney grille
- marypoppins
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Remove E85 kidney grille
Have seen the BM bulletin with reference to removing these however they seem very reluctant to budge when following the instructions. Any tips as i dont want to break them?
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Re: Remove E85 kidney grille
They should just pop out, unless someone's added so additional "fixing"? I just ease mine out from the top left-hand edge, and then work my way round.
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Re: Remove E85 kidney grille
As markeg has said, mine also just pop out, infact a tad too easy really
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Re: Remove E85 kidney grille
I was in the same boat as you -just sprayed wd40 (don't know if it helped but seemed to).
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Re: Remove E85 kidney grille
Hold two of the slats at the bottom and then lifting slightly pull.
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Re: Remove E85 kidney grille
This is how I do it. The 'pull' needs to be a decent yank. They won't breaksrhutch wrote:Hold two of the slats at the bottom and then lifting slightly pull.
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Re: Remove E85 kidney grille
Now you've said that they will break!Bing wrote:This is how I do it. The 'pull' needs to be a decent yank. They won't breaksrhutch wrote:Hold two of the slats at the bottom and then lifting slightly pull.
I thought the same though when doing mine, just closed my eyes and gave it a good yank and came out fine
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Re: Remove E85 kidney grille
+2 lift it up with a reasonable pressure and it shouldn't be too tough to pull out. Certainly not enough to break it. If it doesn't pull, don't force itBing wrote:This is how I do it. The 'pull' needs to be a decent yank. They won't breaksrhutch wrote:Hold two of the slats at the bottom and then lifting slightly pull.
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