targa moulding removal, removal tools and techniques Options

[dangrouche]

I am going to replace the butyl on the rear glass; does the plastic rectangular surrounds (where the targa top mates into the rectangular hole) need to be removed prior to anything else, or does the targa trim come off with the surrounds attached?

[dangrouche]

Paul, you are right, I think I have the two secrets here; probe around with a light and a scribe to find the head of the Phillips, once you know and see the phillip, unscrew it until it gets pretty loose, then use the magnet probe to retreive the screw. The other secret is for the targa latch. once all the screws of targa header are removed, there is enough play to pull the header to and fro, to get at the latch. Unhook the coil spring and use the Harbor Freight tool on a 10mm socket. Use a 7/16" wrench to turn the 10mm nut to break the tension. Once the 10mm gets loose, my two fingers rotated the socket from beneath the header and the 10mm screw comes out pretty easily. After Bruce gave me the info about the targa header being one piece, I removed my header in about one hour with relative ease. My underside screws were absent which made the removal pretty quick. I also used a small mirror to look into the holes where there were some screws.