TR2/3/3A TR3 Instrument Panel Bezel Removal

[mrv8q]

Hello, Listers, does anyone make a tool for removal of the notched bezels of the instrument panel? Or am I going to have to find a cheap Chinese-made wide-blade screwdriver, and notch it w/ a grinder? Thanks!

Kevin Browne
'59TR3A #58370

 

[JFS]

I made one from a cheap snap ring tool. Eastwood markets #52063 for $16.99 that looks like it should work.

https://www.eastwoodco.com/jump.jsp?itemID=611&itemType=CATEGORY&iMainCat=608&iSubCat=611

 

[Geo Hahn]

I made one from some aluminum bar stock, end cut into a 'U' and the tips bent at right angles. You *might* be able to loosen the bezels with a drift fashioned from brass or aluminum -- but don't slip.

 

[Andrew Mace]

I recommend this, from British Tool Company, MI

<https://www.britishtool.com/servtool.htm>

Dash Nut Spanner...authorized (V.L. Churchill) copy of the original shop tool, this is made to safely install or remove the round nuts that hold the switches on your dash panel. Two diameters to accommodate the common sizes found on most British Cars, and motorcycles. Slight filing may be needed to fit small variations in the nuts. Screwdrivers are for screws, not your dash!

Part Number: 18G 671 $25.00

Full disclosure: I cannot claim no financial interest. I was sent one of these as a thank-you for helping "spread the word" a few years ago. I can honestly say that it beats the screwdriver method any day, evidenced by the fact that (unlike at least one of my other cars) there are no stray screwdriver marks on the wooden facia of my current Herald!

 

[mrv8q]

Sold, Andrew, thanks!