1930 Cabriolet door handle removal

[jlking2010]

I need help figuring out how to remove the door handle on my Cabriolet? It appears to have two sets of pins.

 

[jlking2010]

Sorry, I should have said the window crank handle. The door handle was not a problem.

 

[Marshall V. Daut]

Push the escutcheon plate inwards toward the door panel with great pressure to reveal the shank of the window riser handle. There are four sides. You want to be able to see the pin that has been shoved through the handle and window riser shaft. With the escutcheon plate still pressed firmly inward, take a pointed instrument such as probe and push one end of that pin so that it comes out the other side. When the pin has been pushed out, pull outwards on the riser handle. It should just slide off. It may take some wiggling, depending upon how long the handle has been in contact with the riser shaft. The pin is the only thing that secures the riser handle to the shaft.
Alternately, some aftermarket window risers are held in place on the shaft by a screw or Allen head plug. You'll be able to tell whether your handle is secured by a pin or a screw once you push the escutcheon plate in as far as you can. Reverse the procedure to reattach the handle.
These instructions are for a 1929-early 1931 Cabriolet, but I assume the window riser handle mounting is the same for the late 1931 Slant windshield Cabriolets?
Marshall
1929 Cabriolet

 

[jlking2010]

Thank you, Marshall, for a very thorough explanation. I successfully removed the window crank handle.

 

[Marshall V. Daut]

Before or after my BRIEF explanation?
Marshall

 

[jlking2010]

After

 

[Marshall V. Daut]

Ain't it great to outfox Henry's sneaky trap designs once in a while??? Wait until the day that you will have to install that little half-moon light switch spring retainer clip with the steering column still in the car, or the emergency brake external arm return spring! You'll cuss out old Hank for coming up with these insidious torture designs. He built a lot of these counter-intuitive gottcha's into the A-bone. Removing the window riser handle falls into such head-scratching counter-intuitive categories for the uninitiated Model A owner. While working on your Model A, expect the unexpected and you'll do just fine.
Marshall

 

[sdp.fordbarn]

When you put it back together, replace the original solid pin with a modern roll pin. It'll be a lot easier to get out next time while still staying securely in place.

 

[Bob Bidonde]

These slides may help.

 

[Y-Blockhead]

Just to make life a little easier, there was a tool specifically made for this...