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    Default Nova door pin will not budge?

    Hi all, I have a nova I am restoring. The passenger side door came off easy with the removal tool, now the driver side pins will not move.

    I have broken the tool trying it.

    Used a old bonnet stay

    Heated it up with small gas burner

    Soaked it in wd40.

    What can I do next that's not cutting the door off?

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    Lol Iam having the same trouble getting my drivers door off. I've soaked them both in wd. Gonna leave them and go back to them. Not much room to get a tool in. I've used a punch.

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    The tool is about the best way try fixing it even if it only works once . Change for astra pins when you put them back on . The astra and probs many other ones are solid not hollow

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    The bonnet stay trick works very well, good excuse to cut up the old one and get a stainless one.

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    I machined down a capscrew, the pins I got with the kit were shit. Worked a treat. Granted, not everyone has access to a lathe though.




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