1935 Cadillac - GM Heritage Center

Fisher Body Service Manual, 1936
DOOR TRIM PAD REMOVAL
ALL METAL DOORS
1. Remove the Door Window Garnish Molding.
2. Remove Remote Control Handle, Regulator Handles, Inside
Locking Device, and Door Arm Rest.
3. With a screwdriver carefully pry the Trim Pad loose
from the Door Lock Pillar and Door Hinge Pillar. Complete
this operation by prying the Pad loose along bottom
edge.
4. Lift the Trim Pad up to disengage it from the two hooks
on the Inner Panel and remove.
NOTE—Along "B" in Illustration No. 166 the Door Trim
Pad is not attached to the top edge of the Inner Panel but is
held in place by the lower flange of the Door Window Garnish
Molding.
DOOR TRIM PAD REPLACEMENT
1. Engage the slots in the Foundation of the Trim Pad
over the hooks on the Inner Panel. (See Illustration No.
166 at C.)
2. Align the Trim Pad and with a wood Mallet drive the
barbed nails on the Trim Pad into the slots on the Door
Lock Pillar and Door Hinge Pillar. Complete this operation
by fastening the bottom edge of the Trim Pad to
the nailing strip at the bottom of the Door, (See Illustration
No. 166 at D.)
3. Install Regulator Handles, Remote Control Handle, and
Inside Locking Device.
4. Install Door Arm Rest and Window Garnish Molding.
NOTE—In the event a nail breaks away from the Binding
Strip on the Door Trim Pad, the nail can be replaced by
simply turning back the trim material on the Door Trim Pad
where the nail is broken off, and inserting a Replacement
Tab. This. Replacement tab has a nail welded to it and is
serviced under part No. 4073068. (See drawings of this part.)
Illustration No. 166
AH Metal Door Trim Pad Removal.
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