Ford Sierra

[artie]

Does anyone remember what's involved in removing the door panel on a Ford Sierra?

 

[Agent_zed]

I'd guess it is the usual hidden screws behind the door handle and release lever and then either some screws around the edge or hidden push in clips. Even with a proper removal tool I'd imagine they will break as they will be about 30yrs old at the youngest.

Was a long time ago when I took one apart to build my kitcar, didn't need any of the body work though. cost me £50 for the sierra in 2002. Would probably be worth a grand or two now.

 

[Spectric]

Apart from the screws having a trim tool would be handy as they use those plastic push clips and a trim tool gets the trim off without breaking the clip or damaging the trim.

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[Tris]

Probably be torx head screws under the handles, at least an escort of similar age was. Does it have manual windows? The wire clip that secured the winder was a b#gger for springing off and disappearing, many a happy hour spent on a gravel drive with a magnet

 

[Gerry]

To remove the wire clips you just pull a rag around the back of the winder handle.

Gerry

 

[AES]

Don't know if it helps or not, but years ago (prob back in Sierra & Escort times!) someone I knew had a job professionally fitting comms radios and the (then rather large) "mobile" phones into cars, etc. He swore by a set of pedal bike tyre levers - and sometimes a length of thin nylon cord - for removing many such trim bits & their blind clips.